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Genus Anelosimus - Social cobweb spiders

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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 Theridiidae (Cobweb Spiders)
Genus Anelosimus (Social cobweb spiders)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anelosimus arizona Agnarsson, 2006 - of Southeastern Arizona
formerly considered to be: Anelosimus jucundus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1896)
Numbers
The spider genus Anelosimus currently contains over forty described species worldwide.
Nearctic species:
Anelosimus analyticus (Chamberlin, 1924)
Anelosimus arizona Agnarsson, 2006
Anelosimus studiosus (Hentz, 1850)
Range
Members of the spider genus Anelosimus are found worldwide in tropical to warm temperate areas.
Anelosimus analyticus - Southern California
Anelosimus arizona - Southeastern Arizona
Anelosimus studiosus - Southeastern U.S.
Remarks
American Anelosimus are all social, a rare trait among spiders.
Internet References
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 1 May, 2006 - 1:29pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 27 October, 2007 - 7:54pm

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