Araneomorph funnel-web spider

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Araneomorph Grass spider

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Superfamily:	Agelenoidea
Family:	Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837

Diversity

39 genera, 503 species

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Genera

Agelena
Agelenopsis
Hololena
Tegenaria

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Araneomorph funnel-web spider

The araneomorph funnel-web spiders of the family Agelenidae include the common grass spiders of the genus Agelenopsis, as well as the mildly venomous European hobo spider, Tegenaria agrestis, which has been introduced into the Pacific Northwest of the United States. (Note: The araneomorph funnel-web spider not to be confused with the funnel-web tarantula and the venomous funnel-web tarantula, both of which are members of the suborder Mygalomorphae. The venomous funnel-web tarantulas include the infamous Sydney funnel-web spider.)

The family contains nearly 500 species in over 40 genera worldwide. Among other genera are Hololena and Agelena. The last named genus includes some fascinating semi-social spiders that live in complex communal webs in Africa. The best known of these is probably Agelena consociata.

Sociality in these spiders has gone so far as communal web-building and sharing; cooperative prey capture and communal rearing of young. Spiders have not, however, taken the final step into the eusociality of the social Hymenoptera (ants, bees and wasps) because there are no workers or soldiers (no castes) and all females are reproductive.

1 Genera
2 See also
3 Bibliography
4 External links

[edit] Genera

Agelena Walckenaer, 1805 (Palearctic, Africa)
Agelenella Lehtinen, 1967 (Socotra)
Agelenopsis Giebel, 1869 (North America)
Agelescape Levy, 1996 (Mediterranean)
Ahua Forster & Wilton, 1973 (New Zealand)
Azerithonica Guseinov, Marusik & Koponen, 2005 (Azerbaijan)
Barronopsis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 (Cuba, USA, Bahamas)
Benoitia Lehtinen, 1967 (China, Africa, Cyprus, Israel)
Calilena Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 (USA, Mexico)
Hadites Keyserling, 1862 (Croatia)
Histopona Thorell, 1869 (Europe)
Hololena Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929 (North America)
Huangyuania Song & Li, 1990 (China)
Huka Forster & Wilton, 1973 (New Zealand)
Kidugua Lehtinen, 1967 (Congo)
Lycosoides Lucas, 1846 (Mediterranean, Azerbaijan)
Mahura Forster & Wilton, 1973 (New Zealand)
Maimuna Lehtinen, 1967 (Eastern Mediterranean)
Malthonica Simon, 1898 (Mediterranean, Europe to Central Asia, USA to Chile, New Zealand)
Melpomene O. P-Cambridge, 1898 (USA to Panama)
Mistaria Lehtinen, 1967 (Africa)
Neoramia Forster & Wilton, 1973 (New Zealand)
Neorepukia Forster & Wilton, 1973 (New Zealand)
Neotegenaria Roth, 1967 (Guyana)
Novalena Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 (USA to El Salvador)
Olorunia Lehtinen, 1967 (Congo)
Oramia Forster, 1964 (New Zealand)
Oramiella Forster & Wilton, 1973 (New Zealand)
Orepukia Forster & Wilton, 1973 (New Zealand)
Paramyro Forster & Wilton, 1973 (New Zealand)
Porotaka Forster & Wilton, 1973 (New Zealand)
Pseudotegenaria Caporiacco, 1934 (Balkans, Libya)
Rualena Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 (USA to Guatemala)
Tararua Forster & Wilton, 1973 (New Zealand)
Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 (worldwide)
Textrix Sundevall, 1833 (Europe, Mediterranean, Ethiopia)
Tikaderia Lehtinen, 1967 (Himalayas)
Tortolena Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 (Mexico to Costa Rica)
Tuapoka Forster & Wilton, 1973 (New Zealand)