The World Spider Catalog, Version 4.5
by Norman I. Platnick

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Title Page Introduction Families Counts Bibliography Generic List



CURRENTLY VALID SPIDER GENERA AND SPECIES (Dec. 31, 2003)

(* indicates that the file has changed since Version 4.0)

                    Genera Species
* 1. Liphistiidae 2 86 *56. Theridiosomatidae 12 72 * 2. Atypidae 3 33 57. Symphytognathidae 6 42 3. Antrodiaetidae 3 27 58. Anapidae 34 143 4. Mecicobothriidae 4 8 59. Mysmenidae 22 90 * 5. Hexathelidae 11 85 60. Synaphridae 2 7 * 6. Dipluridae 24 175 *61. Pimoidae 2 24 * 7. Cyrtaucheniidae 18 125 *62. Linyphiidae 560 4247 * 8. Ctenizidae 9 116 *63. Tetragnathidae 56 1026 9. Idiopidae 20 269 *64. Araneidae 163 2824 10. Actinopodidae 3 41 *65. Lycosidae 99 2262 11. Migidae 10 91 66. Trechaleidae 13 72 12. Nemesiidae 38 325 *67. Pisauridae 50 320 13. Microstigmatidae 6 12 *68. Oxyopidae 9 405 *14. Barychelidae 44 298 69. Senoculidae 1 31 *15. Theraphosidae 110 878 *70. Stiphidiidae 11 86 *16. Paratropididae 4 8 71. Neolanidae 1 3 17. Hypochilidae 2 11 *72. Zorocratidae 5 21 *18. Austrochilidae 3 9 *73. Psechridae 2 23 19. Gradungulidae 7 16 *74. Zoropsidae 5 22 *20. Filistatidae 16 108 *75. Zoridae 13 75 21. Sicariidae 2 122 *76. Ctenidae 39 450 *22. Scytodidae 5 157 *77. Agelenidae 42 490 23. Periegopidae 1 2 *78. Cybaeidae 10 140 24. Drymusidae 1 9 79. Desidae 38 180 *25. Leptonetidae 15 184 80. Halidae 2 3 26. Telemidae 7 22 *81. Amphinectidae 34 181 *27. Ochyroceratidae 13 146 82. Cycloctenidae 5 36 *28. Pholcidae 70 836 *83. Hahniidae 26 215 *29. Plectreuridae 2 30 *84. Dictynidae 48 555 30. Diguetidae 3 15 *85. Amaurobiidae 68 616 31. Caponiidae 11 67 86. Phyxelididae 12 54 *32. Tetrablemmidae 30 124 *87. Titanoecidae 5 44 33. Segestriidae 3 106 88. Nicodamidae 9 29 *34. Dysderidae 24 486 *89. Tengellidae 8 32 *35. Oonopidae 65 452 *90. Miturgidae 29 359 36. Orsolobidae 28 175 *91. Anyphaenidae 56 501 37. Archaeidae 3 18 *92. Liocranidae 31 169 38. Mecysmaucheniidae 7 23 *93. Clubionidae 15 529 39. Pararchaeidae 1 7 *94. Corinnidae 75 900 40. Holarchaeidae 1 2 *95. Zodariidae 64 717 41. Micropholcommatidae 8 33 96. Cryptothelidae 1 10 42. Huttoniidae 1 1 97. Chummidae 1 2 43. Stenochilidae 2 12 98. Homalonychidae 1 3 *44. Palpimanidae 15 125 *99. Ammoxenidae 4 18 45. Malkaridae 4 10 100. Cithaeronidae 2 6 *46. Mimetidae 12 154 101. Gallieniellidae 10 48 47. Eresidae 10 102 *102. Trochanteriidae 18 146 *48. Oecobiidae 6 101 *103. Lamponidae 22 190 *49. Hersiliidae 7 145 *104. Prodidomidae 26 161 *50. Deinopidae 4 57 *105. Gnaphosidae 113 1955 *51. Uloboridae 19 244 106. Selenopidae 3 174 52. Cyatholipidae 23 58 *107. Sparassidae 83 989 53. Synotaxidae 13 64 *108. Philodromidae 29 512 *54. Nesticidae 9 201 *109. Thomisidae 164 2028 *55. Theridiidae 80 2209 *110. Salticidae 541 4975 Total 3542 38432