Synotaxidae is a family of

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 with thirty-four described species in five genera. It was first described by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...

in 1895.

Genera

, the

World 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: *'' Gaucelmus'' Keyserling, 1884 — North America, Central America *'' Hamus'' Ballarin & Li, 2015 — Asia *'' Nescina'' Ballarin & Li, 2015 — Asia *'' Synotaxus'' Simon, 1895 — South America *'' Tekellina'' Levi, 1957 — North America, South America, Asia

References

Araneomorphae families Synotaxidae Araneomorphae {{Synotaxidae-stub