Dwarf tarantula

Dwarf tarantula
Temporal range:
Illustration of Mecicobothrium thorelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Clade: Atypoidea
Family: Mecicobothriidae
Holmberg, 1882
blue: reported countries (WSC)

Dwarf tarantulas, also known as sheet funnel-web spiders, are a type of spider from the family Mecicobothriidae. Dwarf tarantulas are one of several families of the suborder Mygalomorphae; this larger group also includes the true tarantulas.

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