Nemesiidae

Funnel-web tarantulas
Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous-Recent
Calisoga sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Nemesiidae
Simon, 1892
Genera

See text.

Diversity
41 genera, > 300 species
Acanthogonatus francki

The Nemesiidae are a spider family of the infraorder Mygalomorphae.[1] They were formerly considered part of the Dipluridae family.[2]

Description

Nemesiidae are relatively large, brown, elongated spiders with robust legs.[3] Female Atmetochilus can grow over 4 cm in body length.

These spiders live in burrows. Some finish these with a hinged door. They often push this door up and wait for passing prey. When they catch it they try not to leave their burrow. Sometimes a burrow has a side tube. It is not certain whether Sinopesa builds burrows.[4]

Genera

Burrow of Nemesia cavicola
Raveniola chayi, female

See also

Footnotes

  1. Raven, R.J. 1985. The spider Infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): cladistics and systematics. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182: 1-180.
  2. Platnick 2009
  3. Find-a-spider Guide
  4. Murphy & Murphy 2000

References

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