Prodidomidae
Sign in to saveProdidomidae is a family of spider, sometimes called long-spinneret ground spiders. It was formerly regarded as a subfamily of Gnaphosidae, but was raised to a family in 2022.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyProdidomidae
Les Prodidomidae sont une famille d'araignées aranéomorphes.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 353
- Family
- Prodidomidae
- Collections
- FMNH, NMV, SAM, MPEG, WAM, QVMAG
- Recorded in
- Perú, Panamá, Australia, South Africa, Brasil, Madagascar, Turks And Caicos Islands, Namibia
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Prodidomidae is a family of spider, sometimes called long-spinneret ground spiders. It was formerly regarded as a subfamily of Gnaphosidae, but was raised to a family in 2022.
Spiders in the family are easily identified by the greatly elongated base of the piriform gland spigots. At least parts of their body are covered with shiny scales or setae. The posterior median eyes are flat and silvery, with a triangular, egg-shaped or irregularly rectangular shape.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Prodidomidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.