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Family Oecobiidae - Wall spiders

Oecobius navus on pomegranate - Oecobius navus - female

Tiny spider - almost transparent - Oecobius

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Oecobiidae (Wall spiders)

Other Common Names

Hackled band weaver spider, spiraalspinnen (spiral spider),

scheibennetzspinnen (disk net spider)

Numbers

Oecobius - 7 species

- cellariorum

- concinnus

- interpellator

- isolatoides

- isolatus

- navus

- putus

Platoecobius - 1 species

- floridanus

Uroctea - 1 species

- limbata

Internet References

~ www.canadianarachnology.org - Taxonomy/Counts.

Contributed by Devin Carroll on 18 April, 2005 - 8:27pm
Additional contributions by Lynette
Last updated 28 June, 2009 - 11:21am

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