Lampshade spider

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The Lampshade spiders of the family Hypochilidae are among the most primitive of araneomorph spiders. There are two genera and eleven species currently recognized. Like mygalomorphs, hypochilids have two pairs of book lungs, but like araneomorphs they have intersecting fangs. These long-legged spiders build typical "lampshade" style webs under overhangs and in caves. In the United States the fauna is primarily associated with the Appalachian, Rocky and California Mountains. Ten of the known species are found in these ranges, all in the genus Hypochilus. The monotypic genus Ectatosticta is found in China.

Species

Ectatosticta Simon, 1892

• Ectatosticta davidi (Simon, 1889) (China)

Hypochilus Marx, 1888

• Hypochilus bernardino Catley, 1994 (USA)
• Hypochilus bonneti Gertsch, 1964 (USA)
• Hypochilus coylei Platnick, 1987 (USA)
• Hypochilus gertschi Hoffman, 1963 (USA)
• Hypochilus jemez Catley, 1994 (USA)
• Hypochilus kastoni Platnick, 1987 (USA)
• Hypochilus petrunkevitchi Gertsch, 1958 (USA)
• Hypochilus pococki Platnick, 1987 (USA)
• Hypochilus sheari Platnick, 1987 (USA)
• Hypochilus thorelli Marx, 1888 (USA)

See also

• List of Hypochilidae species
• Araneae families

Bibliography

• How to Know the Spiders by B. J. Kaston. Dubuque, 1953.

External links

• [Arachnology Home Pages: Araneae]
• [Platnick, N.I. 2003. World Spider Catalog]
• [Picture of Hypochilus pococki]

Arthropoda - Arachnida - Spider families (Araneae)

Mesothelae: Liphistiidae Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae - Antrodiaetidae - Atypidae - Barychelidae - Ctenizidae - Cyrtaucheniidae - Dipluridae - Hexathelidae - Idiopidae - Mecicobothriidae - Microstigmatidae - Migidae - Nemesiidae - Paratropididae - Theraphosidae Araneomorphae: Agelenidae - Amaurobiidae - Ammoxenidae - Amphinectidae - Anapidae - Anyphaenidae - Araneidae - Archaeidae - Austrochilidae - Caponiidae - Chummidae - Cithaeronidae - Clubionidae - Corinnidae - Cryptothelidae - Ctenidae - Cyatholipidae - Cybaeidae - Cycloctenidae - Deinopidae - Desidae - Dictynidae - Diguetidae - Drymusidae - Dysderidae - Eresidae - Filistatidae - Gallieniellidae - Gnaphosidae - Gradungulidae - Hahniidae - Halidae - Hersiliidae - Holarchaeidae - Homalonychidae - Huttoniidae - Hypochilidae - Lamponidae - Leptonetidae - Linyphiidae - Liocranidae - Lycosidae - Malkaridae - Mecysmaucheniidae - Micropholcommatidae - Mimetidae - Miturgidae - Mysmenidae - Neolanidae - Nephilidae - Nesticidae - Nicodamidae - Ochyroceratidae - Oecobiidae - Oonopidae - Orsolobidae - Oxyopidae - Palpimanidae - Pararchaeidae - Periegopidae - Philodromidae - Pholcidae - Phyxelididae - Pimoidae - Pisauridae - Plectreuridae - Prodidomidae - Psechridae - Salticidae - Scytodidae - Segestriidae - Selenopidae - Senoculidae - Sicariidae - Sparassidae - Stenochilidae - Stiphidiidae - Symphytognathidae - Synaphridae - Synotaxidae - Telemidae - Tengellidae - Tetrablemmidae - Tetragnathidae - Theridiidae - Theridiosomatidae - Thomisidae - Titanoecidae - Trechaleidae - Trochanteriidae - Uloboridae - Zodariidae - Zoridae - Zorocratidae - Zoropsidae

 

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