Ochyroceratidae
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The Ochyroceratidae (from Gr. Ὀχυρός (ochyrós) "durable, firm" and κέρας (kéras) "horn") are a family of real spiders comprising 15 genera and 188 species . (As of June 2016)
The family belongs to the superfamily of the Leptonetoidea . They are widespread in the tropics (South Africa, Caribbean, Asia, Indo-Pacific), where they inhabit the litter layer of forests. In Central Europe no species of the family are native. They weave small sheet nets around leaves, horse mackerel and twigs. The females typically carry their egg sacs with the chelicerae around with them until the young spiders hatch.
At least one species in the genus Theotima , the only 0.9 mm large Theotima minutissima , was found to be parthenogenic . In parthenogenesis, females are able to reproduce unisexually, i.e. without being fertilized by a male.
Systematics
The World Spider Catalog currently lists 15 genera and 188 species for the Ochyroceratidae. (As of June 2016)
- Althepus Thorell , 1898
- Dundocera Machado , 1951
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Euso Saaristo , 2001
- Euso muehlenbergi (Saaristo , 1998)
- Fageicera Dumitrescu & Georgescu , 1992
- Flexicrurum Tong & Li , 2007
- Leclercera Deeleman-Reinhold , 1995
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Lundacera Machado , 1951
- Lundacera tchikapensis Machado , 1951
- Merizocera Fage , 1912
- Ochyrocera Simon , 1891
- Ouette Saaristo , 1998
- Psiloderces Simon , 1892
- Psiloochyrocera Baert , 2014
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Roche Saaristo , 1998
- Roche roche Saaristo , 1998
- Speocera Berland , 1914
- Theotima Simon , 1893
Web links
Ochyroceratidae in the World Spider Catalog
literature
- Edwards (2003): Observations of Theotima minutissimus (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae), a parthenogenetic spider. The Journal of Arachnology 31: 274-277 PDF
- Baptista, RLC, 2003. Speocera eleonorae sp. n., the first troglomorphic spider from Brazilian caves (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 7: 221-224. PDF
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern: World Spider Catalog Version 17.0 - Ochyrocertidae . Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ↑ Blick, T .; Bosmans, R .; Buchar, J .; Gajdoš, P .; Hänggi, A .; Van Helsdingen, P; Růžička, V .; Starega, W. & Thaler, K .: Checklist of the spiders of Central Europe (Arachnida: Araneae). Version December 1, 2004. ( PDF ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. )
