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The 'hackled orbweavers' (family ''Uloboridae'') have the special distinction of being non-
venomous spiders. Their lack of poison glands is a secondary evolved trait.
[Joachim Haupt, personal communication]
All members of this family produce a feathery, fuzzy
silk called
cribellate (or hackled) silk.
[Coddington, J.A. & Levi, H.W. (1991). Systematics and Evolution of Spiders (Araneae). ''Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst.'' 22:565-592] These spiders do not use an adhesive on their orb
webs, but rather the very fine fibers on each strand of silk tend to ensnare prey. Hackled orbweaver webs often have a
stabilimentum or zig-zag pattern through the center.
Distribution
This family has almost worldwide distribution.
There are only two species known from northern Europe: ''
Uloborus walckenaerius'' and ''
Hyptiotes paradoxus''.
Genera
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Ariston''
O. P-Cambridge, 1896 (Central America)
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Astavakra'' Lehtinen, 1967 (Philippines)
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Conifaber'' Opell, 1982 (South America)
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Daramulunia''
Lehtinen, 1967 (Samoa, Fiji, New Hebrides)
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Hyptiotes''
Walckenaer, 1837 (Palearctic)
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Lubinella'' Opell, 1984 (New Guinea)
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Miagrammopes'' O. P.-Cambridge, 1870 (America, Austrasia)
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Octonoba'' Opell, 1979 (Russia, Central Asia to Japan)
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Orinomana''
Strand, 1934 (South America)
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Philoponella'' Mello-Leitão, 1917 (Africa, America, Asia, Australia)
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Polenecia'' Lehtinen, 1967 (Mediterranean to Azerbaijan)
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Purumitra'' Lehtinen, 1967 (Australia, Philippines)
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Siratoba'' Opell, 1979 (USA, Mexico)
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Sybota''
Simon, 1892 (South America)
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Tangaroa'' Lehtinen, 1967 (Oceania)
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Uloborus''
Latreille, 1806 (worldwide)
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Waitkera'' Opell, 1979 (New Zealand)
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Zosis'' Walckenaer, 1842 (Pantropical)
See also
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List of Uloboridae species
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Spider families
References
★ Opell, B.D. (1984). ''Lubinella'', a new genus of Uloboridae (Arachnida, Araneae). ''J. Arachnol.'', 11:441-446
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External links
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World Spider Catalog
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