Amaurobiidae - Citizendia

Tangled nest spiders

Callobius sp.

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Superfamily:	Amaurobioidea
Family:	Amaurobiidae Thorell, 1870

Diversity

71 genera, 682 species

Genera

Callobius
Amaurobius
Coelotes
Draconarius
Paracoelotes
Pimus
Rubrius
many others

Pimus sp. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Arachnids are a class ( Arachnida) of joint-legged Invertebrate Animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings The Araneomorphae are a Suborder of Spiders They are distinguished by having Chelicerae (fangs that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell ( May 3, 1830 - December 22, 1901) was a Swedish Arachnologist. This page lists all described species of the spider family Amaurobiidae as of June 12 2008 Callobius is a spider genus in the family Amaurobiidae with 28 species that occur in North America and Eurasia. Amaurobius is a genus of Araneomorph spiders with mostly Holarctic distribution The draconarius was a type of Signiferi who bore a cavalry standard known as a draco

Amaurobiidae is a family of spiders also known as "tangled nest spiders", "night spiders" or "hacklemesh weavers". Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings

These cribellate spiders of medium size look similar to the related Agelenidae, but have shorter legs and much smaller spinnerets. A cribellum is a kind of comb-like device in certain Spiders used to separate fibers of Silk drawn from its Spinnerets into many extremely fine fibers giving The Araneomorph funnel-web spiders of the family Agelenidae include the common grass spiders of the genus Agelenopsis, as well as the purportedly venomous A spinneret is a spider's silk -spinning organ. It is usually on the underside of a spider's Abdomen, to the rear

Their nets have roughly the form of a funnel.

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Narrated Video of A. fenestralis

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