''Coras'' is a

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of funnel weavers first described by

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in 1898. It has fifteen described species that occur in eastern North America from

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south to

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. They can be readily distinguished from other genera in the subfamily by their anterior median eyes being larger than the anterior lateral eyes, whereas in other genera the reverse is true, along with a number of more technical reproductive features. The

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is ''

Coras medicinalis ''Coras medicinalis'' is a species of funnel weaver in the spider family Agelenidae The Agelenidae are a large family of spiders in the suborder Araneomorphae. Well-known examples include the common "grass spiders" of the genus ''Agelenopsis'' ...

'' (so named because its web was used in medicine). These spiders are frequently found at or near ground level, or in cellars of houses, where they construct small and rather messy sheet webs on the ground and attached to nearby more elevated things. These webs are small in area and are connected to tubular retreats with simple signal or catching threads radiating from entrance. The middle eyes in the lower or front row are as large as or larger than the eyes that flank them on the outside. The epigynum has projections at its forward corners. The legs have indistinct gray rings. Coras medicinalis PEM

PSM V37 D056 Pouch web tower and cocoon of the medicinal spider

Species

it contains sixteen species: *'' Coras aerialis'' Muma, 1946 – USA *'' Coras alabama'' Muma, 1946 – USA *''

Coras angularis Coras may refer to: People * Jean de Coras (1515–1572), French jurist * Jacques de Coras (1630–1677), French poet * Marcel Coraş (born 1959), Romanian footballer Biology * ''Coras'' (spider), a genus of spiders Other * The Cora people, a na ...

'' Muma, 1944 – USA *''

Coras cavernorum Coras may refer to: People * Jean de Coras (1515–1572), French jurist * Jacques de Coras (1630–1677), French poet * Marcel Coraş (born 1959), Romanian footballer Biology * ''Coras'' (spider), a genus of spiders Other * The Cora people, a na ...

'' Barrows, 1940 – USA *'' Coras crescentis'' Muma, 1944 – USA *''

Coras furcatus Coras may refer to: People * Jean de Coras (1515–1572), French jurist * Jacques de Coras (1630–1677), French poet * Marcel Coraş (born 1959), Romanian footballer Biology * ''Coras'' (spider), a genus of spiders Other * The Cora people, a na ...

'' Muma, 1946 – USA *''

Coras juvenilis ''Coras juvenilis'' is a species of funnel weaver in the spider family Agelenidae The Agelenidae are a large family of spiders in the suborder Araneomorphae. Well-known examples include the common "grass spiders" of the genus ''Agelenopsis''. ...

'' (Keyserling, 1881) – USA *'' Coras kisatchie'' Muma, 1946 – USA *''

Coras lamellosus ''Coras lamellosus'' is a species of funnel weaver in the family of spiders known as Agelenidae. It is found in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, ...

'' (Keyserling, 1887) – USA, Canada *''

'' (Hentz, 1821) – USA, Canada *'' Coras montanus'' (Emerton, 1890) – USA, Canada *''

Coras parallelis Coras may refer to: People * Jean de Coras (1515–1572), French jurist * Jacques de Coras (1630–1677), French poet * Marcel Coraş (born 1959), Romanian footballer Biology * Coras (spider), ''Coras'' (spider), a genus of spiders Other

* The ...

'' Muma, 1944 – USA *'' Coras perplexus'' Muma, 1946 – USA *''

Coras seorakensis Coras may refer to: People * Jean de Coras (1515–1572), French jurist * Jacques de Coras (1630–1677), French poet * Marcel Coraş (born 1959), Romanian footballer Biology * ''Coras'' (spider), a genus of spiders Other * The Cora people, a na ...

'' Seo, 2014 – Korea *''

Coras taugynus Coras may refer to: People * Jean de Coras (1515–1572), French jurist * Jacques de Coras (1630–1677), French poet * Marcel Coraş (born 1959), Romanian footballer Biology * ''Coras'' (spider), a genus of spiders Other * The Cora people, a ...

'' Chamberlin, 1925 – USA *''

Coras tennesseensis Coras may refer to: People * Jean de Coras (1515–1572), French jurist * Jacques de Coras (1630–1677), French poet * Marcel Coraş (born 1959), Romanian footballer Biology * ''Coras'' (spider), a genus of spiders Other * The Cora people, a na ...

'' Muma, 1946 – USA

References

Agelenidae Araneomorphae genera {{Agelenidae-stub