The Thomisidae are a family of spiders, including about 175 genera and over 2,100 species. The common name crab spider is often linked to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other families of spiders. Many members of this family are also known as flower spiders or flower crab spiders.
Uloboridae is a family of non-venomous spiders, known as cribellate orb weavers or hackled orb weavers. Their lack of venom glands is a secondarily evolved trait. Instead, they wrap their prey thoroughly in silk, cover it in regurgitated digestive enzymes, and then ingest the liquified body.
Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. This diverse, globally distributed family includes over 3,000 species in 124 genera, and is the most common arthropod found in human dwellings throughout the world.
Long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (Tetragnathidae) is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866. They have elongated bodies, legs, and chelicerae, and build small orb webs with an open hub with few, wide-set radii and spirals with no signal line or retreat. Some species are often found in long vegetation near water.
Asemonea is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1869.
Trechaleidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890, and includes about 140 described species in 16 genera. They all live in Central and South America except for Shinobius orientalis, which is endemic to Japan.
Dolichognatha is a genus of tropical and subtropical long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1869. Originally placed with the Archaeidae, it was transferred to the Araneidae in 1967, and to the Tetragnathidae in 1981.
Ariamnes is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. Some species have greatly elongated abdomens, making them resemble a twig.
Agyneta is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. E. Hull in 1911.
Asemonea virgea is a jumping spider species in the genus Asemonea that lives in the Republic of the Congo. The male was first described in 2003.
Asemonea flava is a jumping spider species in the genus Asemonea that lives in Kenya. The female was first described in 2001 by Wanda Wesołowska.
Asemonea cuprea is a jumping spider species in the genus Asemonea that lives in Zambia. It was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 2009.
Asemonea serrata is a jumping spider species in the genus Asemonea that lives in Kenya. The male was first described in 2001 by Wanda Wesołowska.
Asemonea pallida is a jumping spider species in the genus Asemonea that lives in Kenya. The female was first described in 2001 by Wanda Wesołowska.
Asemonea amatola is a jumping spider species in the genus Asemonea that lives in South Africa. The female was first identified in 2013.
Lyssomanes viridis, commonly known as the magnolia green jumper, is a species of jumping spider of the genus Lyssomanes, for which it is the type species. The species is native to the United States, being found in much of the Southeastern United States and Texas. It has also been reported from parts of Mexico, with sightings as far south as Guatemala and as far north as Delaware.
Asemonea tanikawai is a jumping spider species in the family Salticidae.
Asemonea pinangensis is a jumping spider species in the genus Asemonea.
Asemonea maculata is a jumping spider species in the genus Asemonea. The male was first identified in 1980.
Asemoneinae is a subfamily of jumping spiders. It was created in 2015 by Wayne Maddison. Most species are found in Africa or Asia. The subfamily initially had five genera, but Hindumanes was later transferred to the subfamily Lyssomaninae.
