Science of naming, defining and classifying spiders
Paintings of Araneus angulatus from Svenska Spindlar of 1757, the first major work on spider taxonomy
Spider taxonomy is that part of taxonomy that is concerned with the science of naming, defining and classifying all spiders, members of the Araneae order of the arthropod class Arachnida with more than 48,500 described species.[1] However, there are likely many species that have escaped the human eye to this day, and many specimens stored in collections waiting to be described and classified. It is estimated that only one third to one half of the total number of existing species have been described.[2]
Arachnologists currently divide spiders into two suborders with about 129 families.
Due to constant research, with new species being discovered every month and others being recognized as synonyms, the number of species in the families is bound to change and only reflects the present state of knowledge. Nevertheless, the species numbers given here are useful as a guideline – see the table of families at the end of the article.
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silk List of endangered spiders Spider taxonomy Toxins "Currently valid spider genera and species". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern....
fossil jumping spiders have been preserved within Chiapas amber and Dominican amber. Peckhamia (journal) Spidertaxonomy "Currently valid spider genera and...
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red-striped spider, red-spot spider, jockey spider, Murra-ngura spider, Kapara spider and the Kanna-jeri spider. Before DNA analysis, the taxonomy of the widow...
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The sac spiders of the family Clubionidae have a very confusing taxonomic history. Once, this family was a large catch-all taxon for a disparate collection...
Lynx spider (Oxyopidae) is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1870. Most species make little use of webs, instead...
Montgomery, Texas". Retrieved 2019-04-27. Platnick, N. I. 1989. Advances in spidertaxonomy 1981-1987, a supplement to Brignoli's a catalogue of the Araneae described...
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Burckhardt, Daniel; Hänggi, Ambros (2013). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria-Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae)...
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Miscellanea Araneologica. 2022: 1–4 – via World Spider Catalog. Li, S. Q. (2022). "On the taxonomy of spiders of the suborder Mesothelae". Acta Arachnologica...
lagonomegopids, while the Cenozoic is dominated by RTA clade and araneoid spiders. Spidertaxonomy Insect evolution Garwood, Russell J.; Dunlop, Jason (2014). "Three-dimensional...
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