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Genus Callobius

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes)
Family Amaurobiidae (Hacklemesh Weavers)
Genus Callobius
Explanation of Names
Derived from rhyming to connect with Amaurobius and Callioplus.(1)
Works Cited
1.Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual
By D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds)
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 31 May, 2005 - 9:59am
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz, kschnei
Last updated 28 October, 2008 - 11:15am

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