Family Hahniidae

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

Another Cicurina? - Cicurina pusilla - male

tiny brown spider found in rotting log - Cicurina

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Hahniidae

Numbers

58 species in 9 genera.

Size

Ranges from 1.2 - 7.8 mm.

Identification

Spinnerets are often arranged in a row.

Food

These spiders spin a simple sheet web over tiny depressions in the soil to capture prey.(1)

Remarks

Some of the smallest spiders(1)

Print References

(2)

Works Cited

1.	The World Beneath our Feet: A Guide to Life in the Soil James B. Nardi. 2003. Oxford University Press.

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

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 2 May, 2006 - 10:53pm
Additional contributions by cheins, kschnei, Marci Hess
Last updated 17 November, 2023 - 12:26pm

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