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Telemidae, also known as long-legged cave spiders, is a family of small haplogyne spiders with about 100 described species in sixteen genera. Most are cave-dwelling spiders with six eyes, though some do not have any eyes at all.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyTelemidae
Observations recorded844

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
4
Family
Telemidae
Collections
SAM, FMNH, CASC
Recorded in
South Africa, Angola, New Caledonia

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Natural Environment
  • Physical features
  • Genera
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Telemidae, also known as long-legged cave spiders, is a family of small haplogyne spiders with about 100 described species in sixteen genera. Most are cave-dwelling spiders with six eyes, though some do not have any eyes at all.

== Natural Environment == Telemidae are found predominantly in Tropical Rainforests and Karst caves. These species have been identified in the Southern Holarctic, Neotropical, Australasian (excluding Australia and New Zealand), Oriental, and Ethiopian realms.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Telemidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.