Phrurolithidae

Phrurolithidae
Temporal range:
Otacilia lynx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phrurolithidae
Banks, 1892
Diversity
27 genera, 421 species
blue: reported countries (WSC)
green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist)

Phrurolithidae is a family of araneomorph spiders, known as guardstone spiders. The family was first described by Nathan Banks in 1892. First included in the Corinnidae as the subfamily Phrurolithinae, later phylogenetic studies justified a separate family.

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