''Cicurina'', also called the cave meshweaver, is a

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in the

spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

family Cicurinidae. It was first described by

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in 1871. The name is from the Latin root "cucur-", meaning "to tame". Originally placed with the funnel weavers, it was moved to the

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in 1967, then to the Hahniidae in 2017. In 2023, it was moved to the Cicurinidae. Body size varies widely among the species. Among the smallest is ''C. minorata'', growing less than long. The larger species include ''C. ludoviciana'', some of which have grown to over long.

Species

it contains 136 species in

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, and

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: *'' C. aenigma'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. alpicora'' Barrows, 1945 – USA *'' C. anhuiensis'' Chen, 1986 – China *'' C. arcata''

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& Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. arcuata'' Keyserling, 1887 – USA, Canada *'' C. arizona'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. arkansa'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. armadillo'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. atomaria'' Simon, 1898 – USA *'' C. avicularia'' Li, 2017 – China *'' C. bandera'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. bandida'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. baronia'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. barri'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. blanco'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. breviaria'' Bishop & Crosby, 1926 – USA *'' C. brevis'' ( Emerton, 1890) – USA, Canada *'' C. browni'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. brunsi'' Cokendolpher, 2004 – USA *'' C. bryantae'' Exline, 1936 – USA *'' C. bullis'' Cokendolpher, 2004 – USA *'' C. buwata'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. caliga'' Cokendolpher & Reddell, 2001 – USA *'' C. calyciforma'' Wang & Xu, 1989 – China *'' C. cavealis'' Bishop & Crosby, 1926 – USA *'' C. caverna'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. cicur'' (Fabricius, 1793) (

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) – Europe to Central Asia *'' C. coahuila'' Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico *'' C. colorada'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. coryelli'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. damaoensis'' Li, 2017 – China *'' C. davisi'' Exline, 1936 – USA *'' C. delrio'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. deserticola'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. dong'' Li, 2017 – China *'' C. dorothea'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. eburnata'' Wang, 1994 – China *'' C. ezelli'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. gertschi'' Exline, 1936 – USA *'' C. gruta'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. harrietae'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. hexops'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. holsingeri'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. hoodensis'' Cokendolpher & Reddell, 2001 – USA *'' C. hoshinonoana'' Shimojana & Ono, 2017 – Japan *'' C. idahoana'' Chamberlin, 1919 – USA, Canada *'' C. intermedia'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 – USA *'' C. itasca'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. iviei'' Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico *'' C. japonica'' (Simon, 1886) – Korea, Japan. Introduced to Europe *'' C. jiangyongensis'' Peng, Gong & Kim, 1996 – China *'' C. jonesi'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. joya'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. kailiensis'' Li, 2017 – China *'' C. kimyongkii'' Paik, 1970 – Korea *'' C. leona'' Gertsch, 1992 – Mexico *'' C. ludoviciana'' Simon, 1898 – USA *'' C. machete'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. maculifera'' Yaginuma, 1979 – Japan *'' C. maculipes'' Saito, 1934 – Japan *'' C. madla'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. majiangensis'' Li, 2017 – China *'' C. marmorea'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. maya'' Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico *'' C. mckenziei'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. medina'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. menardia'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. microps'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. mina'' Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico *'' C. minima'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. minnesota'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. minorata'' (Gertsch & Davis, 1936) – USA *'' C. mirifica'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. mixmaster'' Cokendolpher & Reddell, 2001 – USA *'' C. modesta'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. neovespera'' Cokendolpher, 2004 – USA *'' C. nervifera'' Yin, 2012 – China *'' C. nevadensis'' Simon, 1886 – USA *'' C. obscura'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. oklahoma'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. orellia'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. pablo'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. pacifica'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. pagosa'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. pallida'' Keyserling, 1887 – USA *'' C. pampa'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. paphlagoniae'' Brignoli, 1978 – Turkey *'' C. parallela'' Li, 2017 – China *'' C. parma'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. pastura'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. patei'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. peckhami'' (Simon, 1898) – USA, Canada *'' C. phaselus'' Paik, 1970 – Korea *'' C. placida''

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, 1892 – USA *'' C. platypus'' Cokendolpher, 2004 – USA *'' C. porteri'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. puentecilla'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. pusilla'' (Simon, 1886) – USA *'' C. rainesi'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. reclusa'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. riogrande'' Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 – USA *'' C. robusta'' Simon, 1886 – USA *'' C. rosae'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. rudimentops'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. russelli'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. sansaba'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. secreta'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. selecta'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. serena'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. shasta'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. sheari'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. sierra'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. simplex'' Simon, 1886 – USA, Canada *'' C. sintonia'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. sprousei'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. stowersi'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. suttoni'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. tacoma'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. tersa'' Simon, 1886 – USA, Canada *'' C. texana'' (Gertsch, 1935) – USA *'' C. tianmuensis'' Song & Kim, 1991 – China *'' C. tortuba'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 – USA *'' C. travisae'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. troglobia'' Cokendolpher, 2004 – USA *'' C. troglodytes'' Yaginuma, 1972 – Japan *'' C. ubicki'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. utahana'' Chamberlin, 1919 – USA *'' C. uvalde'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. varians'' Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 – USA *'' C. venefica'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. vespera'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. vibora'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. watersi'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. wiltoni'' Gertsch, 1992 – USA *'' C. wusanani'' Li, 2017 – China *'' C. zhazuweii'' Li, 2017 – China

References

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