| Camillina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Camillina Berland, 1919 [1] |
| Type species | |
| C. cordifera (Tullgren, 1910) | |
| Species | |
75, see text | |
Camillina is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Lucien Berland in 1919. [2] They are very similar to sister genus Zelotes . [3]
As of May 2019 [update] it contains seventy-five species: [1]
Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include Gnaphosa, Drassodes, Micaria, Cesonia, Zelotes and many others. They are closely related to Clubionidae. At present, no ground spiders are known to be seriously venomous to humans.
Prodidomidae is a family of spider, sometimes called long-spinneret ground spiders. It was formerly regarded as a subfamily of Gnaphosidae, but was raised to a family in 2022.
Theridion is a genus of tangle-web spiders with a worldwide distribution. Notable species are the Hawaiian happy face spider (T. grallator), named for the iconic symbol on its abdomen, and T. nigroannulatum, one of few spider species that lives in social groups, attacking prey en masse to overwhelm them as a team.
Glenognatha is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1887. It was considerably revised in 2016.
Eilica is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1891.
Odo is a genus of spiders in the family Xenoctenidae, containing 25 species occurring in Central and South America, and Australia.
Xenoctenidae is a family of araneomorph spiders separated from Miturgidae in 2017.
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