Family Desidae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Works Cited

BG677 Spider - Metaltella simoni - female

Spider in the garden - Metaltella simoni

Large spider: Bay Area California - Badumna longinqua

Fancy looking spider - Metaltella simoni

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Desidae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Paratheuma insulana used to be included under Desidae but is now treated under Dictynidae as of Zamari et al. (2016).

Numbers

2 species in the US:(1)(2)

1. Badumna longinqua: an Australian species that is now common along western coastal urban areas and has also been reported in Florida

2. Metaltella simoni: a South American species that has been introduced to the US and Canada(2)

Works Cited

1.	Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds). 2005. American Arachnological Society.

2.	World Spider Catalog

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 29 November, 2008 - 8:48am
Additional contributions by ceiseman, PaleoJon
Last updated 15 May, 2023 - 6:02am

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