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The crevice weaver spiders (super-family Filistatoidea, family Filistatidae) contain primitive cribellate, haplogyne, weavers of funnel or tube 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 Araneomorphae are a Suborder of Spiders They are distinguished by having Chelicerae (fangs that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action Anton Ausserer ( 5 July 1843 in Bozen ( Bolzano) Tyrol – 20 July 1889 in Graz) was an Austrian Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting This page lists all described species of the spider family Filistatidae as of Sept 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 Haplogynae are a series of araneomorph spiders Unlike the Entelegynae, they lack hardened (sclerotized female genitalia ( Epigynes The family contains 16 genera and 106 species worldwide. One of the most abundant members of this family in the Americas is the Southern house spider (Kukulcania hibernalis). The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America The Southern house spider is a member of the genus Kukulcania (formerly of genus Filistata) and are large North American Spiders which exhibit Named after the fierce Meso-American god Kukulcan, the females are large (up to nearly 20 mm) dark-colored spiders and males are light brown, smaller (about 10 mm. Mesoamerica or Meso-America (Mesoamérica is a Region extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua, defined Gukumatz (Alternatively Gucumatz Gugumatz or Kucumatz. Translates as " sovereign plumed serpent " was represented as feathered serpent ), but more long-legged and with palpi that are held together in front of their carapaces like the horn of a unicorn. Pedipalps, are the second pair of Appendages of the Prosoma in the subphylum Chelicerata. A carapace is a dorsal section of an Exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups A unicorn (from Latin unus 'one' and cornu 'horn' is a Mythological creature. The males also have a darker streak on the center of the dorsal carapace that causes them to be often mistaken for brown recluse spiders. In Anatomy, the dorsum is the upper side of animals that typically run fly or swim in a horizontal position and the back side of animals (like humans that walk upright The brown recluse Spider, Loxosceles reclusa, is a well-known member of the family Sicariidae (formerly placed in a family "Loxoscelidae" The tiny members of the genus Filistatinella are like miniature versions of Kukulcania. The nominate genus Filistata is Afro-Eurasian in distribution. Afro-Eurasia or less commonly Afrasia or Eurafrasia Normally it is divided at the Suez Canal into Eurasia and Africa the former of which can be subdivided In many older books the species from the Americas now placed in the genus Kukulcania are placed in Filistata.
Genera
The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog.
- Filistatinae Ausserer, 1867
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- Filistata Latreille, 1810 (Mediterranean, Asia, Mexico)
- Kukulcania Lehtinen, 1967 (America)
- Sahastata Benoit, 1968 (Mediterranean to India)
- Zaitunia Lehtinen, 1967 (Iran, Israel, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)
- Prithinae Gray, 1995
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- Afrofilistata Benoit, 1968 (Africa)
- Andoharano Lehtinen, 1967 (Madagascar)
- Filistatinella Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 (USA)
- Filistatoides O. P-Cambridge, 1899 (Guatemala, Cuba, Chile)
- Lihuelistata Ramírez & Grismado, 1997 (Argentina)
- Misionella Ramírez & Grismado, 1997 (Brazil, Argentina)
- Pikelinia Mello-Leitão, 1946 (Argentina, Colombia, Galapagos)
- Pritha Lehtinen, 1967 (Asia, Mediterranean, New Guinea)
- Wandella Gray, 1994 (Australia)
- Yardiella Gray, 1994 (Australia)
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- Microfilistata Zonstein, 1990 (Tajikistan)
- Tricalamus Wang, 1987 (China)