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3 genera, 58 species. Atypidae, also known as atypical tarantulas or purseweb spiders, is a spider family containing only three genera. They are accomplished ambush predators that spend most of their time in a sock-like, silken retreat on the ground from where they kill their prey. [1]
Atypus. Atypus, also called purseweb spiders, is a genus of atypical tarantulas first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. [3] It occurs in Eurasia, with one species (A. affinis) reaching into North Africa. [1] Only three of the described species occur in Europe: A. piceus, A. affinis, and A. muralis. [1]
Antrodiaetidae, also known as folding trapdoor spiders or folding-door spiders, is a small spider family related to atypical tarantulas. They are found almost exclusively in the western and midwestern United States, from California to Washington and east to the Appalachian Mountains. [1] Exceptions include Antrodiaetus roretzi and Antrodiaetus ...
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Tarantula native to the Mojave Desert searches for a burrow. The name tarantula is also incorrectly applied to other large-bodied spiders, including the purseweb spiders or atypical tarantulas, the funnel-webs (Dipluridae and Hexathelidae), and the dwarf tarantulas.
The Mygalomorphae, or mygalomorphs, are an infraorder of spiders, and comprise one of three major groups of living spiders with over 3,000 species, found on all continents except Antarctica. Many members are known as trapdoor spiders due to their creation of trapdoors over their burrows. Other prominent groups include Australian funnel web ...
The leg structure appears to be an adaptation for living in silken tubes. Unlike those of the atypical tarantulas, these tubes may branch and are often built in tree bark fissures, as well as under stones. Both Segestria and Ariadna live in North America, South America, Eurasia, Africa and New Zealand, though Ariadna also lives in Australia. [2]
Antrodiaetus lincolnianus (Worley, 1928) — USA. Antrodiaetus metapacificus Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005 — USA. Antrodiaetus microunicolor Hendrixson & Bond, 2005 — USA. Antrodiaetus montanus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) — USA. Antrodiaetus occultus Coyle, 1971 — USA. Antrodiaetus pacificus (Simon, 1884) — USA.