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Selenopidae
Sign in to saveAlso known as wall crab spider, wall spider, flattie
Selenopidae, also called wall crab spiders, wall spiders and flatties, is a family of nocturnal, free-ranging, araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. It contains over 281 species in nine genera, of which Selenops is the most well-known.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilySelenopidae
Настенные пауки-крабы (лат. Selenopidae) — семейство аранеоморфных пауков, включает более 300 видов. Они получили своё название от Selene, греческой богини Луны.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 136
- Family
- Selenopidae
- Collections
- SDNHM, UNM, TTU, USNM, INHS, FMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Costa Rica, Zambia, Nicaragua, Virgin Islands, British, Slovenia, Madagascar, Tanzania
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Habitat
- Genera
- See also
- References
- External links
Selenopidae, also called wall crab spiders, wall spiders and flatties, is a family of nocturnal, free-ranging, araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. It contains over 281 species in nine genera, of which Selenops is the most well-known.
This family is just one of several families whose English name includes the phrase "crab spider". These spiders are often called "Flatties" due to their flattened dorsal profile. The Afrikaans name for these spiders is "Muurspinnekop," which translates directly to "wall spider." The name Selenopidae comes from the greek moon goddess, Selene, as their eyes resemble the moon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Selenopidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.