Ray spider

Ray spiders
female Wendilgarda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Superfamily:	Araneoidea
Family:	Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881
Genera
see text
Diversity
12 genera, 75 species

The ray spiders (family Theridiosomatidae) are spiders most recognizable for their construction of cone-shaped webs. As of 2008, the family consists of 75 species in 12 genera.

Genera

The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog.

• Eperiotypinae

• Epeirotypus O. P-Cambridge, 1894 — Mexico to Costa Rica
• Naatlo Coddington, 1986 — Central and South America

• Ogulninae

• Ogulnius O. P.-Cambridge, 1882 — Central and South America, South Asia

• Platoninae

• Chthonos Coddington, 1986 — South Africa
• Plato Coddington, 1986 — South America

• Theridiosomatinae

• Andasta Simon, 1895 — South Asia
• Baalzebub Coddington, 1986 — Central and South Africa, Australia
• Epilineutes Coddington, 1986 — Mexico to Brazil
• Theridiosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 1879 — worldwide
• Wendilgarda Keyserling, 1886 — Central to South America, Asia
• Zoma Saaristo, 1996 — Seychelles

• incertae sedis

• Parogulnius Archer, 1953 — USA

References

• B.J. Kaston (1972). How to Know the Spiders. Wm C. Brown Company Publishers.
• Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.

See also

• List of Theridiosomatidae species
• Spider families