- Lampshade spider
Taxobox
name = Lampshade spiders
image_width = 250px
image_caption = feeding "Hypochilus thorelli"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Arachnid a
ordo = Araneae
subordo =Araneomorphae
superfamilia = Hypochiloidea
familia = Hypochilidae
familia_authority = Marx,1888
diversity_link = List of Hypochilidae species
diversity = 2 genera, 11 species
range_
range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =Ectatosticta Hypochilus The Lampshade spiders of the family Hypochilidae are among the most primitive of
araneomorph spider s. There are two genera and elevenspecies currently recognized. Likemygalomorph s, hypochilids have two pairs of book lungs, but like araneomorphs they have intersecting fangs. These long-legged spiders build typical "lampshade" style webs under overhangs and in caves. In theUnited States the fauna is primarily associated with the Appalachian, Rocky andCalifornia Mountains. Ten of the known species are found in these ranges, all in the genus "Hypochilus". The monotypic genus "Ectatosticta" is found inChina .The Hypochilidae are a sister
clade to theNeocribellatae , which contain all other spider species in theAraneomorphae (Coddington & Levi, 1991, p576).pecies
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Ectatosticta " Simon, 1892 — China
* "Ectatosticta davidi " (Simon, 1889)"
Hypochilus " Marx, 1888 — USA
* "Hypochilus bernardino " Catley, 1994
* "Hypochilus bonneti " Gertsch, 1964
* "Hypochilus coylei " Platnick, 1987
* "Hypochilus gertschi " Hoffman, 1963
* "Hypochilus jemez " Catley, 1994
* "Hypochilus kastoni " Platnick, 1987
* "Hypochilus petrunkevitchi " Gertsch, 1958
* "Hypochilus pococki " Platnick, 1987
* "Hypochilus sheari " Platnick, 1987
* "Hypochilus thorelli " Marx, 1888ee also
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List of Hypochilidae species
*Spider families References
* Coddington, J.A. & Levi, H.W. (1991). Systematics and Evolution of Spiders (Araneae). "Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst". 22:565-592.
*"How to Know the Spiders" by B. J. Kaston. Dubuque,1953 .Further reading
* Forster, R.R., Platnick, N.I. and Gray, M.R. (1987). A review of the spider superfamilies Hypochiloidea and Austrochiloidea (Araneae, Araneomorphae). "Bulletin of the AMNH" 185(1):1-116 [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/969 Abstract] - [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/969/1/B185a01.pdf PDF (50Mb)]
* Shear, W.A. (1969). Observations on the predatory behavior of the spider "Hypochilus gertschi" Hoffman (Hypochilidae). "Psyche" 76:407-417 [http://psyche2.entclub.org/articles/76/76-407.pdf PDF]External links
* [http://www.arachnology.org/Arachnology/Pages/Araneae.html Arachnology Home Pages: Araneae]
* [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog81-87/index.html Platnick, N.I. 2003. World Spider Catalog]
* [http://www.americanarachnology.org/HiResGallery/other_hypochilus.html Picture of "Hypochilus pococki"]
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