Dictynoidea
Encyclopedia
The Dictynoidea are a superfamily
of araneomorph
spiders. They contain six families
of eight-eyed spiders:
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
of araneomorph
Araneomorphae
The Araneomorphae are a suborder of spiders. They are distinguished by having fangs that oppose each other and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae , which have fangs that are nearly parallel in alignment.- Distinguishing characteristics :Note the difference in the...
spiders. They contain six families
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of eight-eyed spiders:
- Anyphaenidae
- CybaeidaeCybaeidaeCybaeidae is a family of spiders comprising twelve genera.-Genera:* Argyroneta Latreille, 1804 * Cedicoides Charitonov, 1946 * Cedicus Simon, 1875...
- Desidae
- Dictynidae
- Hahniidae
- NicodamidaeNicodamidaeThe Nicodamidae are a spider family with 29 species in nine genera.They are small to medium sized spiders found in small sheet webs close to the ground in eucalypt forests...