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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Sphodros niger - Black purseweb spider

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Mygalomorphae (Mygalomorphs)
Family Atypidae (Purseweb Spiders)
Genus Sphodros
Species niger (Black purseweb spider)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Identification
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Print References
Edwards, RL & EH Edwards (1990) Observations on the natural history of a New England population of Sphodros niger (Araneae, Atypidae). J Arachno., 18 :29-34