Huntsman spiders, members of the family Sparassidae, are known by this name because of their speed and mode of hunting. They are also called giant crab spiders because of their size and appearance. Larger species sometimes are referred to as wood spiders, because of their preference for woody places. In southern Africa the genus Palystes are known as rain spiders or lizard-eating spiders. Commonly they are confused with baboon spiders from the Mygalomorphae infraorder, which are not closely related.
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.
The Pholcidae are a family of araneomorph spiders. The family contains over 1,800 pholcids, including those commonly known as the marbled cellar spider , daddy long-legs spider, granddaddy long-legs spider, carpenter spider, daddy long-legger, vibrating spider, gyrating spider, long daddy, and skull spider. The family, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850, is divided into 94 genera.
Illicium is a genus of flowering plants treated as part of the family Schisandraceae, or alternately as the sole genus of the Illiciaceae. It has a disjunct distribution, with most species native to eastern Asia and several in parts of North America, including the southeastern United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. General common names include star anise and anisetree. The genus name comes from the Latin illicere.
Acer floridanum, commonly known as the Florida maple and occasionally as the southern sugar maple or hammock maple, is a tree that occurs in mesic and usually calcareous woodlands of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain in the United States, from southeastern Virginia in the north, south to central Florida, and west to Oklahoma and Texas and also common in south Illinois and Missouri
Tripsacum floridanum is a species of grass known by the common name Florida gamagrass. It is native to Cuba and to Florida in the United States.
Formiscurra indicus is a species of planthopper in the family Caliscelidae found in southern India. A related species, Formiscurra atlas occurs in southwestern Ethiopia. Like others of its family they have short wings, suck plant sap and escape by leaping. The species shows great sexual dimorphism. The male of this half centimeter-long insect has an enlarged lobe in front of its head, the frons or metope, giving it an ant-like appearance. Females do not have such an enlarged structure but have a slightly long snout and differ slightly in body shape. The species is found mainly on low vegetation in open scrub and grass habitats.
Coleosoma is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882.
Coleosoma africanum is a species of spiders of the family Theridiidae that is endemic in Cape Verde. The species was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt and Rolf Harald Krause in 1995.
Lasioglossum floridanum, the Florida dialictu, is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae.
Platycryptus arizonensis is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the United States.
Calymmaria nana is a species of true spider in the family Cybaeidae. It is found in the United States and Canada.
Varacosa shenandoa is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in the United States and Canada.
Geolycosa wrighti is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in the United States and Canada.
Eucteniza relata, the southwestern trapdoor spider, is a species of wafer-lid trapdoor spider in the family Euctenizidae. It is found in the United States and Mexico.
Ebo evansae is a species of running crab spider in the family Philodromidae. It is found in the United States and Mexico.
Tetragnatha caudata is a species of long-jawed orb weaver in the family of spiders known as Tetragnathidae. It is found in North, Central America, Cuba, and Jamaica.
Zora hespera is a species of prowling spider in the family Miturgidae. It is found in the United States and Canada.
Coleosoma acutiventer is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in a range from the United States to Argentina.
Metachroma floridanum is a species of leaf beetle. Its distribution ranges from Florida to North Carolina in the United States.
