Agelenopsis
| American grass spiders | |
|---|---|
| Agelenopsis cf. pennsylvanica in Vernon, British Columbia | |
| Agelenopsis pennsylvanica in web, from Pocahontas State Park, Chesterfield, Virginia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Agelenidae |
| Genus: | Agelenopsis Giebel, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| A. potteri (Blackwall, 1846) | |
| Species | |
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14, see text | |
Agelenopsis, commonly known as the American grass spiders, is a genus of funnel weavers described by C.G. Giebel in 1869. They weave sheet webs that have a funnel shelter on one edge. The web is not sticky, but these spiders make up for that by running very rapidly.