Oecobiidae

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Oecobiidae
Uroctea durandi

Uroctea durandi

Systematics
Class : Arachnids (arachnida)
Order : Spiders (Araneae)
Subordination : Real spiders (Araneomorphae)
Partial order : Entelegynae
Superfamily : Eresoidea
Family : Oecobiidae
Scientific name
Oecobiidae
Blackwall , 1862

The Oecobiidae are a family of true spiders and comprise six genera and 108 species. (As of December 2016)

description

Oecobiidae are small to medium-sized spiders with a body length of 3 to 15 mm. They have three tarsal claws and six or eight eyes. The six or eight eyes are arranged in a compact group in the front part of the prosoma. The prosoma shape is almost round and slightly heart-shaped. The opisthosoma is oval to round and partially flattened. The legs are short and star-shaped from the body.

There are cribellate and ecribellate genera. All species are entelegyn .

distribution

The main focus of the family is the tropics . The genera Oecibus and Uroctea show cosmopolitans or have representatives in the Holarctic . The following species have been found in Central Europe :

Systematics

The World Spider Catalog lists six genera and 108 species for the Oecobiidae. (As of December 2016)

Web links

Commons : Oecobiidae  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Oecobiidae in the World Spider Catalog

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern: World Spider Catalog Version 17.5 - Oecobiidae . Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ R. Jocque, AS Dippenaar-Schoeman: Spider Families of the World . 2nd Edition. Royal Museum for Central Africa, 2007, ISBN 978-90-74752-11-4 .
  3. ^ AraGes: Atlas of the arachnids of Europe
  4. ↑ Heiko Bellmann : Kosmos-Atlas arachnids of Europe . 2nd Edition. Kosmos-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-440-09071-X .