''Uloborus'' is a spider

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

in the family

Uloboridae Uloboridae is a family of non- venomous spiders, known as cribellate orb weavers or hackled orb weavers. Their lack of venom glands is a secondarily evolved trait. Instead, they wrap their prey thoroughly in silk, cover it in regurgitated digestiv ...

with 79 described species. Most species occur in the tropics and subtropics, with only a few species in northern America and Europe. The

chelicerae The chelicerae () are the arthropod mouthparts, mouthparts of the subphylum Chelicerata, an arthropod group that includes arachnids, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. Commonly referred to as "jaws", chelicerae may be shaped as either articulated ...

of these

cribellate Cribellum literally means "little sieve", and in biology the term generally applies to anatomical structures in the form of tiny perforated plates. In certain groups of diatoms it refers to microscopically punctured regions of the frustule, or ...

spiders are robust, but, like all Uloboridae, there are no venom glands. Eight small eyes are present.

Species

* '' Uloborus albescens'' O. P-Cambridge, 1885 (

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) * '' Uloborus albofasciatus'' Chrysanthus, 1967 (

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

) * '' Uloborus albolineatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1941 (

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

) * '' Uloborus ater'' Mello-Leitão, 1917 (

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

) * ''

Uloborus aureus ''Uloborus'' is a spider genus in the family Uloboridae with 79 described species. Most species occur in the tropics and subtropics, with only a few species in northern America and Europe. The chelicerae of these cribellate spiders are robust, b ...

'' Vinson, 1863 (

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

) * '' Uloborus barbipes'' L. Koch, 1872 (

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

) * '' Uloborus berlandi'' Roewer, 1951 (

Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...

) * '' Uloborus biconicus'' Yin & Hu, 2012 (China) * ''

Uloborus bigibbosus ''Uloborus'' is a spider genus in the family Uloboridae with 79 described species. Most species occur in the tropics and subtropics, with only a few species in northern America and Europe. The chelicerae of these cribellate spiders are robust, b ...

'' Simon, 1905 (India) * ''

Uloborus bispiralis ''Uloborus'' is a spider genus in the family Uloboridae with 79 described species. Most species occur in the tropics and subtropics, with only a few species in northern America and Europe. The chelicerae of these cribellate spiders are robust, b ...

'' Opell, 1982 (New Guinea) * ''

Uloborus campestratus ''Uloborus campestratus'' is a species of cribellate orb weaver in the spider family Uloboridae Uloboridae is a family of non- venomous spiders, known as cribellate orb weavers or hackled orb weavers. Their lack of venom glands is a secondarily ...

'' Simon, 1893 (United States to

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

) * ''

Uloborus canescens ''Uloborus'' is a spider genus in the family Uloboridae with 79 described species. Most species occur in the tropics and subtropics, with only a few species in northern America and Europe. The chelicerae of these cribellate spiders are robust, b ...

'' C. L. Koch, 1844 (

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

) * '' Uloborus canus'' Macleay, 1827 (Australia) * '' Uloborus cellarius'' Yin & Yan, 2012 (China) * '' Uloborus chinmoyiae'' Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2013 (Bangladesh) * '' Uloborus conus'' Opell, 1982 (New Guinea) * '' Uloborus crucifaciens'' Hingston, 1927 (

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

) * '' Uloborus cubicus'' ( Thorell, 1898) (Myanmar) * '' Uloborus diversus'' Marx, 1898 (USA, Mexico) * '' Uloborus eberhardi'' Opell, 1981 (

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

) * '' Uloborus elongatus'' Opell, 1982 (Argentina) * '' Uloborus emarginatus'' Kulczynski, 1908 (

Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...

) * '' Uloborus filidentatus'' Hingston, 1932 (

Guyana Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...

) * '' Uloborus filifaciens'' Hingston, 1927 (

Andaman Islands The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago, made up of 200 islands, in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a mari ...

) * '' Uloborus filinodatus'' Hingston, 1932 (Guyana) * '' Uloborus formosus'' Marx, 1898 (Mexico) * ''

Uloborus formosanus ''Uloborus'' is a spider genus in the family Uloboridae with 79 described species. Most species occur in the tropics and subtropics, with only a few species in northern America and Europe. The chelicerae of these cribellate spiders are robust, b ...

'' Yoshida, 2012 (Taiwan) * '' Uloborus furunculus'' Simon, 1906 (India) * '' Uloborus gilvus'' ( Blackwall, 1870) (Italy,

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

) * '' Uloborus glomosus'' (

Walckenaer Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852) was a French civil servant, writer, man of letters, and scientist. He was a polymath and wrote extensively on geography, natural history, and literature. Major contributio ...

, 1842) (USA, Canada) * '' Uloborus guangxiensis'' Zhu, Sha & Chen, 1989 (China) * '' Uloborus humeralis'' Hasselt, 1882 (Myanmar,

Sumatra Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the list of islands by area, sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi. ...

, Java) ** '' Uloborus humeralis marginatus'' Kulczyński, 1908 (Java) * '' Uloborus inaequalis'' Kulczyński, 1908 (New Guinea) * '' Uloborus jabalpurensis'' Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 (India) * '' Uloborus jarrei'' Berland & Millot, 1940 (Guinea) * '' Uloborus kerevatensis'' Opell, 1991 (New Guinea) * '' Uloborus khasiensis'' Tikader, 1969 (India) * '' Uloborus krishnae'' Tikader, 1970 (India, Nicobar Is.) * '' Uloborus leucosagma'' Thorell, 1895 (Myanmar) * '' Uloborus limbatus'' Thorell, 1895 (Myanmar) * '' Uloborus llastay'' Grismado, 2002 (Argentina) * '' Uloborus lugubris'' (Thorell, 1895) (Myanmar) * '' Uloborus metae'' Opell, 1981 (Colombia) * '' Uloborus minutus'' Mello-Leitão, 1915 (Brazil) * '' Uloborus modestus'' Thorell, 1891 (Nicobar Is.) * '' Uloborus montifer'' Marples, 1955 (

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...

) * '' Uloborus niger'' Mello-Leitão, 1917 (Brazil) * '' Uloborus oculatus'' Kulczyński, 1908 (

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

) * '' Uloborus parvulus'' Schmidt, 1976 (

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...

) * '' Uloborus penicillatoides'' Xian et al., 1997 (China) * '' Uloborus pictus'' Thorell, 1898 (Myanmar) * '' Uloborus pinnipes'' Thorell, 1877 (

Sulawesi Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...

) * '' Uloborus planipedius'' Simon, 1896 (East,

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

) * ''

Uloborus plumipes ''Uloborus plumipes'' is a species of Old World Cribellum, cribellate spider in the family Uloboridae. Common names include the feather-legged lace weaver and the garden centre spider, the latter name being due to its frequent occurrence of this ...

'' Lucas, 1846 (

Old World The "Old World" () is a term for Afro-Eurasia coined by Europeans after 1493, when they became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia in the Eastern Hemisphere, previously ...

) ** '' Uloborus plumipes javanus'' Kulczyński, 1908 (Java) * '' Uloborus plumosus'' Schmidt, 1956 (Guinea) * '' Uloborus pteropus'' (Thorell, 1887) (Myanmar) * '' Uloborus rufus'' Schmidt & Krause, 1995 (Cape Verde Is.) * '' Uloborus scutifaciens'' Hingston, 1927 (Myanmar) * '' Uloborus segregatus'' Gertsch, 1936 (USA to Colombia) * '' Uloborus sexfasciatus'' Simon, 1893 (

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

) * '' Uloborus shendurneyensis'' Asima, Sudhikumar & Prasad, 2021 (India) * '' Uloborus spelaeus'' Bristowe, 1952 (

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

) * '' Uloborus strandi'' (Caporiacco, 1940) (

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

) * '' Uloborus tenuissimus'' L. Koch, 1872 (Samoa) * '' Uloborus tetramaculatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1940 (Brazil) * '' Uloborus trifasciatus'' Thorell, 1890 (

Sunda Islands The Sunda Islands (; Tetun: ''Illa Sunda'') are a group of islands in the Indonesian Archipelago. They consist of the Greater Sunda Islands and the Lesser Sunda Islands. Etymology "Sunda" denotes the continental shelves or landmasses: the Sun ...

) * '' Uloborus trilineatus'' Keyserling, 1883 (Mexico to

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

) * '' Uloborus umboniger'' Kulczyński, 1908 (

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

) * '' Uloborus undulatus'' Thorell, 1878 (Java to New Guinea) ** '' Uloborus undulatus indicus'' Kulczyński, 1908 (Malaysia) ** '' Uloborus undulatus obscurior'' Kulczyński, 1908 (New Guinea) ** '' Uloborus undulatus pallidior'' Kulczyński, 1908 (Java to New Guinea) * '' Uloborus vanillarum'' Vinson, 1863 (Madagascar) * '' Uloborus velutinus'' Butler, 1882 (Madagascar) * '' Uloborus villosus'' Keyserling, 1881 (Colombia) * '' Uloborus viridimicans'' Simon, 1893 (Philippines) * '' Uloborus walckenaerius'' Latreille, 1806 (

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

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References

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