Sac spider
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The sac spiders of the family ClubionidaeTemplate:Efn are nocturnal, sac-building hunting spiders with a near-worldwide distribution. Their sacs, silken retreats in which they hide during the day, may be made in a variety of places, including between folded leaves or grass blades, under bark and below rocks or other ground litter.<ref name="serket" />
Although formerly a much larger catch-all taxon, in its current definition the family contains less than 700 described species across 18 genera, of which Clubiona is by far most species-rich, with 528 accepted species Template:As of.<ref name="NMBE-clubiona" />
Taxonomy
The Clubionidae have a complex taxonomic history. Historically, the family was a large catch-all taxon for a variety of spiders that shared the following morphological and behavioral similarities: having eight eyes arranged in two rows; having conical anterior spinnerets that touched; and being nocturnal wandering predators that build "sacs" to retreat to during the day.Template:Cn
A large number of genera have been transferred from Clubionidae to other families, and several former subfamilies of the Clubionidae are now treated as separate families.<ref name="wsc" /> The Zoropsidae, to which genera Anachemmis, Lauricius and Liocranoides were transferred, is much more closely related to the lynx spiders of family Oxyopidae than to the remaining Clubionidae.<ref name="Kulkarni-2023" />
According to 2023 cladistic research by Siddharth Kulkarni, Hannah M. Wood and Gustavo Hormiga, the remaining Clubionidae remain polyphyletic as a result of the current placement of genus Elaver.<ref name="Kulkarni-2023"/>
Genera
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male Clubiona durbana
Template:As of, the Clubionidae consist of over 665 species in 18 genera worldwide,<ref name="NMBE-family-detail" /> with by far the majority of species in genus Clubiona.
Genera
Template:As of, this family includes eighteen genera:<ref name="wsc" /> Template:Div col
- Arabellata Baert, Versteirt & Jocqué, 2010 – Papua New Guinea
- Bucliona Benoit, 1977 – Kenya, St. Helena, Eastern Asia, Russia
- Clubiona Latreille, 1804 – Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Chile, Guyana
- Clubionina Berland, 1947 – St. Paul Island
- Elaver O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 – North America, South America
- Femorbiona Yu & Li, 2021 – China, Vietnam
- Invexillata Versteirt, Baert & Jocqué, 2010 – Papua New Guinea
- Malamatidia Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia
- Matidia Thorell, 1878 – Asia, New Guinea
- Nusatidia Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – China, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Borneo
- Porrhoclubiona Lohmander, 1944 – North Africa, Europe, Asia
- Pristidia Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
- Pteroneta Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Guinea
- Ramosatidia Yu & Li, 2021 – China
- Scopalio Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Borneo
- Simalio Simon, 1897 – Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Trinidad
- Sinostidia Yu & Li, 2021 – China
- Tixcocoba Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico
Additionally, the World Spider Catalog considers Carteroniella Strand, 1907 to be a nomen dubium.<ref name="NMBE-Carteroniella" />
See also
Notes
References
External links
- Family Anyphaenidae Sac spiders, ghost spiders
- Australian sac spiders, family Clubionidae, Gnaphosidae, Miturgidae, Corinnidae
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