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Coneweb spiders
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Superfamily: Pholcoidea
Family: Diguetidae
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899
Diversity
2 genera, 15 species

Genera

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The coneweb spiders of the family Diguetidae are six-eyed haplogyne (lacking hardened female genitalia, or epigyne) spiders that live in tangled space webs. 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 Pholcoidea are a Superfamily of araneomorph spiders They contain two families of six-eyed spiders Diguetidae Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge ( November 3, 1860 - 1905 was an English Arachnologist. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This page lists all described species of the spider family Diguetidae as of Dec The Haplogynae are a series of araneomorph spiders Unlike the Entelegynae, they lack hardened (sclerotized female genitalia ( Epigynes The epigyne or epigynum is the female genital opening in Spiders It is of special interest to people who study spiders because the exact shape of the epigyne Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings They fashion a cone-like central retreat in which they hide and lay eggs. In most Birds and Reptiles an egg ( Latin ovum) is the Zygote, resulting from Fertilization of the Ovum. The family is small (three genera and only 15 species) and is confined to the New World, where it is usually found in deserts. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic The New World is one of the names used for the non-Eurasian/non-African parts of the Earth specifically the Americas and Australia. Members of the genus Diguetia usually build their webs in shrubs or between cactus pads. A cactus (plural cacti) is any member of the Spine plant family Cactaceae, native to the Americas Although they have the same eye arrangement as the venomous recluse spiders (family Sicariidae), none of these genera are known to be harmful to humans. This article is about the class of Biotoxins For other uses see Venom (disambiguation and Venomous (disambiguation. The recluse spiders (genus Loxosceles) also known as fiddle-back or violin spiders, are a venomous genus of spiders known for Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus

The Diguetidae are sometimes considered a subfamily of the Plectreuridae. Plectreurid spiders (family Plectreuridae) belong to a small family confined to the North American Deserts and the island of Cuba.

Species

Diguetia Simon, 1895

Segestrioides Keyserling, 1883

See also

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