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Stiphidiidae, also called sheetweb spiders, is a family of araneomorph
*'' Aorangia'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
*'' Asmea'' Gray & Smith, 2008 — Papua New Guinea
*'' Borrala'' Gray & Smith, 2004 — Australia
*'' Carbinea'' Davies, 1999 — Australia
*'' Couranga'' Gray & Smith, 2008 — Australia
*'' Elleguna'' Gray & Smith, 2008 — Australia
*'' Jamberoo'' Gray & Smith, 2008 — Australia
*'' Kababina'' Davies, 1995 — Australia
*'' Karriella'' Gray & Smith, 2008 — Australia
*'' Malarina'' Davies & Lambkin, 2000 — Australia
*'' Marplesia'' Lehtinen, 1967 — New Zealand
*'' Neolana'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
*'' Neoramia'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
*'' Pillara'' Gray & Smith, 2004 — Australia
*'' Procambridgea'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 — Australia, New Zealand
*'' Stiphidion'' Simon, 1902 — Australia, New Zealand
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Picture of ''Cambridgea foliata''
* Gray, M. R. & H. M. Smith (2002). ''Therlinya'', a new genus of spiders from eastern Australia (Araneae: Amaurobioidea). Rec. austral. Mus. 54: 293–31
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Araneomorphae families {{Araneomorphae-stub
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 ...
s first described in 1917. Most species are medium size ('' Stiphidion facetum'' is about long) and speckled brown with long legs. All members of this family occur in New Zealand
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and Australia
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except for '' Asmea''. They build a horizontal sheet-like web under rocks, hence the name "sheetweb spiders".
Genera
, theWorld Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature.
The WSC began as a series of ...
accepts the following genera:
*'' Aorangia'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
*'' Asmea'' Gray & Smith, 2008 — Papua New Guinea
*'' Borrala'' Gray & Smith, 2004 — Australia
*'' Carbinea'' Davies, 1999 — Australia
*'' Couranga'' Gray & Smith, 2008 — Australia
*'' Elleguna'' Gray & Smith, 2008 — Australia
*'' Jamberoo'' Gray & Smith, 2008 — Australia
*'' Kababina'' Davies, 1995 — Australia
*'' Karriella'' Gray & Smith, 2008 — Australia
*'' Malarina'' Davies & Lambkin, 2000 — Australia
*'' Marplesia'' Lehtinen, 1967 — New Zealand
*'' Neolana'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
*'' Neoramia'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
*'' Pillara'' Gray & Smith, 2004 — Australia
*'' Procambridgea'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 — Australia, New Zealand
*'' Stiphidion'' Simon, 1902 — Australia, New Zealand
*''Tartarus
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'' Gray, 1973 — Australia
*'' Therlinya'' Gray & Smith, 2002 — Australia
*'' Tjurunga'' Lehtinen, 1967 — Australia
*'' Wabua'' Davies, 2000 — Australia
See also
* List of Stiphidiidae speciesReferences
External links
Picture of ''Cambridgea foliata''
* Gray, M. R. & H. M. Smith (2002). ''Therlinya'', a new genus of spiders from eastern Australia (Araneae: Amaurobioidea). Rec. austral. Mus. 54: 293–31
Araneomorphae families {{Araneomorphae-stub