Diguetidae

Coneweb spider

Coneweb spider

Family of spiders

Coneweb spiders (Diguetidae) are six-eyed haplogyne spiders that live in tangled space webs, fashioning a cone-like central retreat where they hide and lay eggs. It is a small family, containing only two genera split between a range in the Southwestern United States and Mexico and a range in South America.[1] Members of the genus Diguetia usually build their webs in shrubs or between cactus pads. They have the same eye arrangement as the venomous recluse spiders (family Sicariidae).

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Taxonomy

The group was first created by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1899 as the subfamily Diguetiinae of the family Scytodidae.[1][2] It was raised to the rank of family by Willis J. Gertsch using the spelling "Diguetidae".[3] Pickard-Cambridge's use of double "i" is correct according to Article 29.3 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature,[4] since the name is based on the genus Diguetia. In 2004, Jörg Wonderlich suggested reducing it again to a subfamily, this time of Plectreuridae.[5] However, it is still sometimes considered a subfamily of the Plectreuridae.[1]

Genera and species

Main article: List of Diguetidae species

As of April 2019, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[1]

Diguetia

Diguetia Simon, 1895

  • Diguetia albolineata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895) — USA, Mexico
  • Diguetia andersoni Gertsch, 1958 — USA
  • Diguetia canities (McCook, 1890) — USA, Mexico
  • Diguetia canities dialectica Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico
  • Diguetia canities mulaiki Gertsch, 1958 — USA
  • Diguetia catamarquensis (Mello-Leitão, 1941) — Argentina
  • Diguetia imperiosa Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 — USA, Mexico
  • Diguetia mojavea Gertsch, 1958 — USA
  • Diguetia propinqua (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) — Mexico
  • Diguetia signata Gertsch, 1958 — USA, Mexico
  • Diguetia stridulans Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico

Segestrioides

Segestrioides Keyserling, 1883

  • Segestrioides badia (Simon, 1903) – Brazil
  • Segestrioides bicolor Keyserling, 1883 (type species) – Peru
  • Segestrioides copiapo Platnick, 1989 – Chile
  • Segestrioides tofo Platnick, 1989 – Chile

See also

References

Wikispecies has information related to Diguetidae.
  1. [1]
    "Family: Diguetidae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  2. [2]
    Pickard-Cambridge, F.O. (1899). "Subfam. Diguetiinae". In Godman, Frederick Ducane & Salvin, Osbert (eds.). Biologia Centrali-Americana: Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones II. p. 53. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  3. [3]
    Platnick, N.I. (1989). "A revision of the spider genus Segestrioides (Araneae, Diguetidae)". American Museum Novitates (2940): 1–9.
  4. [4]
    ICZN (1999), "Art. 29.3", International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (4th ed.), London, UK: The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, retrieved 2016-05-13
  5. [5]
    Wunderlich, J. (2004). "Fossil spiders (Araneae) of the superfamily Dysderoidea in Baltic and Dominican amber, with revised family diagnoses". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 3: 633–746.
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