Agelenidae

For other spiders sometimes called "funnel-web spiders", see Funnel-web spider.

Funnel weavers
Temporal range:
Grass spider (Agelenopsis sp.), female
Hobo spider (E. agrestis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
C. L. Koch, 1837
Diversity
100 genera, 1,694 species
blue: reported countries (WSC)
green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist)

The Agelenidae are a large family of spiders in the suborder Araneomorphae. Well-known examples include the common "grass spiders" of the genus Agelenopsis. The most widely accepted common name for members of the family is funnel weaver.

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