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The Ochyroceratidae are a six-eyed spider family in the Leptonetoidea superfamily, with 154 described species in 14 genera. 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 The Leptonetoidea are a Superfamily of araneomorph spiders They contain three families of six-eyed spiders Leptonetidae This page lists all described species of the spider family Ochyroceratidae as of Apr The Leptonetoidea are a Superfamily of araneomorph spiders They contain three families of six-eyed spiders Leptonetidae
Ochyroceratidae are common inhabitants of the tropical forest litter and caves in South Africa, the Caribbean and Asia, especially species rich in the Indo-Pacific, where they constitute one of the ecological counterparts of the Linyphiidae of the northern temperate zone[1]. Linyphiidae is a family of Spiders including more than 4300 described Species in 578 genera worldwide
They build small, irregular sheet-webs in dark, damp places around leaves, sticks and logs, and typically carry their eggs in their chelicerae until they hatch. The Chelicerae are mouth parts of the Chelicerata, an Arthropod Subphylum that includes Arachnids, Merostomata Their body length ranges from 0. 6 to 3 millimeters. Some species in the subfamily Psilodercinae (Althepus, Leclercera) with very long legs are superficially similar to Pholcidae. The Pholcidae are a Spider family in the suborder Araneomorphae. [1]
At least one species in the genus Theotima (the only 0. 9mm long T. minutissima) was shown to be parthenogenetic. Parthenogenesis (from the Greek παρθένος parthenos, "virgin" + γένεσις genesis, "creation" is an asexual form
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Genera
- Althepus Thorell, 1898 (South Asia)
- Dundocera Machado, 1951 (Angola)
- Euso Saaristo, 2001 (Seychelles)
- Fageicera Dumitrescu & Georgescu, 1992 (Cuba)
- Flexicrurum Tong & Li, 2007 (China)
- Leclercera Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 (South Asia)
- Lundacera Machado, 1951 (Angola)
- Merizocera Fage, 1912 (South Asia)
- Ochyrocera Simon, 1891 (Mexico to Peru)
- Ouette Saaristo, 1998 (Seychelles)
- Psiloderces Simon, 1892 (South Asia)
- Roche Saaristo, 1998 (Seychelles)
- Speocera Berland, 1914 (South Asia, South America, Africa)
- Theotima Simon, 1893 (Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Pacific Islands)
See also
Footnotes
References
- The World Spider Catalog, V8.0
- Edwards, G. Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell ( May 3, 1830 - December 22, 1901) was a Swedish Arachnologist. Flexicrurum is a Genus of small Spiders from China, in the family Ochyroceratidae. Eugène Simon ( April 30, 1848 - November 17, 1924) was a French Arachnologist. Lucien Berland (14 May 1888 Aÿ Marne - 18 August 1962 Versailles) was a French Entomologist and an arachnologist Partial Theotima is a genus of small spiders in the family Ochyroceratidae. This page lists all described species of the spider family Ochyroceratidae as of Apr Spider taxonomy is the Alpha taxonomy of the Spiders members of the Araneae order of the arthropod B. (2003): Observations of Theotima minutissimus (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae), a parthenogenetic spider. The Journal of Arachnology 31: 274-277. PDF
- Baptista, R. L. C. (2003): Speocera eleonorae sp. n. , the first troglomorphic spider from Brazilian caves (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 7: 221-224. PDF
- Tong, Yangfeng & Li, Shuqiang (2007): First records of the family Ochyroceratidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from China, with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(1): 63-76. PDF
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