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Nemesiidae
Nemesiidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889, and raised to family status in 1985. Before becoming its own family, it was considered part of "Dipluridae". The family is sometimes referred to as wishbone spiders due to the shape of their burrows. Description Nemesiidae are relatively large spiders with robust legs and a body that is nearly three times as long as it is wide. They are darkly colored, brown to black, though some have silvery hairs on their carapace. '' Atmetochilus'' females can grow over long. They live in burrows, often with a hinged trapdoor. This door is pushed up while the spider waits for passing prey. They rarely leave their burrows, catching prey and withdrawing as quickly as possible. Some of these burrows have side tubes. For the east-Asian genus '' Sinopesa'' it is uncertain whether it builds burrows at all. Genera , the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: *'' Amblyocarenum'' Simon, 1892 *'' Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Nemesiidae Species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Nemesiidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog : A ''Amblyocarenum'' ''Amblyocarenum'' Simon, 1892 * '' A. doleschalli'' (Ausserer, 1871) — Italy (mainland, Sicily) * '' A. nuragicum'' Decae, Colombo & Manunza, 2014 — Italy (Sardinia) * '' A. obscurum'' (Ausserer, 1871) — Italy (Sicily) * '' A. walckenaeri'' (Lucas, 1846) (type) — Mediterranean B ''Brachythele'' '' Brachythele'' Ausserer, 1871 * '' Brachythele bentzieni'' Zonstein, 2007 — Greece * '' Brachythele denieri'' (Simon, 1916) — Greece, Bulgaria * '' Brachythele icterica'' (C. L. Koch, 1838) (type) — Italy, Croatia, North Macedonia * '' Brachythele incerta'' Ausserer, 1871 — Cyprus * '' Brachythele langourovi'' Lazarov, 2005 — Bulgaria * '' Brachythele media'' Kulczyński, 1897 — Slovenia, Croatia, Albania * '' Brachythele rhodopensis'' (Dimitrov & Zonstein, 2022) — Bulgaria * ''Brachythele speculatrix'' Kulczyński, 1897 — SE Europe (B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
