Entelegynae

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Entelegynae
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Common Funnel web spider Hippasa agelenoides
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Clade: Entelegynae
Families

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The Entelegynae or entelegynes are a subgroup of araneomorph spiders, one of the two main groups into which the araneomorphs are divided. Almost all members of this group, unlike most members of Haplogynae (the other main group), have eight eyes, and females have a genital plate. However, some entelegyne species have no (or reduced) eyes, and six-eyed spiders do occur, for example in the genus Lygromma (Prodidomidae, Gnaphosoidea).

This clade contains both cribellate and ecribellate spiders.

Families

A 2005 source included the following families in a cladogram showing the phylogeny of the Entelegynae:[1]

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References

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  • Griswold, C.E., J.A. Coddington, N.I. Platnick, and R.R. Forster (1999). Towards a phylogeny of entelegyne spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Entelegynae). Journal of Arachnology 27(1):53-63. PDF - Abstract - (accompanying Character Data)

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