Family Anyphaenidae - Ghost Spiders

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Anyphaenidae (Ghost Spiders)

Numbers

37 species in 6 genera.

Size

3.0-8.5 mm.

Identification

"Similar in appearance to sac spiders, and used to be placed in the same family. They differ in that they have two rows of club-shaped hairs on the bottoms of their feet, and their tracheal spiracle is located well in front of the spinnerets, unlike most spiders which have their tracheal opening right in front of the spinnerets."(1)

Print References

The Spider Family Anyphaenidae in America North of Mexico - revision of the family by Dr. Platnick, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 146:205-266 (1974).

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Works Cited

1.	Florida's Fabulous Spiders By Sam Marshall, G. B. Edwards

2.	Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual By D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds)

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 2 December, 2005 - 3:06pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, kschnei, Mandy Howe
Last updated 3 February, 2010 - 11:26pm

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