As with other animals, there are some species of cave-dwelling spiders that have lost their ability to see. The Kaua‘i cave wolf spider, also known to local residents as the "blind wolf spider" is only known to occur in a few caves in a 10 Examples include:
- several Cicurina (Dictynidae)
- Nesticella marapu (Nesticidae)
- Neoleptoneta microps (Leptonetidae)
- Adelocosa anops (Lycosidae)
- Lygromma anops, L. Dictynidae is a family of Cribellate (hackled band-producing Spiders Most spiders in this family build irregular webs close to or directly on the Nesticella marapu is an eyeless spider from Sumba, Indonesia. The scaffold web spiders of the family Nesticidae, are closely allied with the Theridiidae, or tangle web spiders. Leptonetidae if a family of relatively primitive Haplogyne (lacking hardened external female genitalia Spiders which includes 15 genera and nearly The Kaua‘i cave wolf spider, also known to local residents as the "blind wolf spider" is only known to occur in a few caves in a 10 Lygromma anops is one of only three known eyeless spiders in the superfamily Gnaphosoidea, and one of only two known Troglobites (cave species gertschi, Plutonodomus kungwensis (Prodidomidae)
- Euagrus anops, Masteria caeca (Dipluridae)
- Theridion strepitus (Theridiidae)
- Tartarus mullamullangensis (Stiphidiidae)
Some of these species have reduced and largely dysfunctional eyes, whereas others have no eyes at all. The Prodidomidae are a Spider family with about 300 species in 31 genera Funnel-web tarantulas (super-family Dipluroidea, family Dipluridae) like other mygalomorphs, have two pairs of Booklungs and Fangs Theridion strepitus is a blind cave spider found only on the Galapagos Islands. The tangle-web spiders, also known as cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) are a large group (over 2200 Species in Tartarus mullamullangensis (commonly called Mullamullang cave spider) is a palm-sized long-legged cave spider from Western Australia. The Stiphidiidae are a Spider family with 94 described species in 13 genera
P. kungwensis does not live in caves, but in termite nests. The termites are a group of Social Insects usually classified at the taxonomic rank of order Isoptera (but see also taxonomy
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