Tuberculotae

Taxobox
name = Tuberculotae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Mygalomorphae
infraordo = Tuberculotae
diversity_link = Spider families
diversity = 8 families, 1800 species
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subdivision_ranks = Families
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The Tuberculotae are an infraorder of mygalomorph spiders, consisting of eight families with ca. 250 genera and 1,800 species.

*Mecicobothrioidea (Mecicobothriidae and Microstigmatidae)
*Hexathelidae
*Dipluridae
*Nemesiidae
*Theraphosoidea (Theraphosidae and Paratropididae)
*Barychelidae

They are opposed to the Fornicephalae, which make up the rest of the Mygalomorphae.

However, according to (Goloboff, 1993), neither group appears to be monophyletic.

References

* Coddington, J.A. & Levi, H.W. (1991). Systematics and Evolution of Spiders (Araneae). Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 22:565:592. DOI|doi:10.1146/annurev.es.22.110191.003025
* Goloboff, P.A. (1993). A Reanalysis of Mygalomorph Spider Families (Araneae). "American Museum Novitates" 3056. [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5017/1/N3056.pdf PDF]