Coneweb spider

Coneweb spiders
Diguetia canities
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Diguetidae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899
Genera
Diguetia Simon, 1895 Segestrioides Keyserling, 1883
Diversity
2 genera, 15 species

Coneweb spiders (Diguetidae) are six-eyed haplogyne spiders that live in tangled space webs, fashioning a cone-like central retreat where they hide and lay eggs. It is a small family, containing only two genera split between a range in the Southwestern United States and Mexico and a range in South America. ^[1] Members of the genus Diguetia usually build their webs in shrubs or between cactus pads. They have the same eye arrangement as the venomous recluse spiders (family Sicariidae).

Taxonomy

The group was first created by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1899 as the subfamily Diguetiinae of the family Scytodidae. ^{[1] [2]} It was raised to the rank of family by Willis J. Gertsch using the spelling "Diguetidae". ^[3] Pickard-Cambridge's use of double "i" is correct according to Article 29.3 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, ^[4] since the name is based on the genus Diguetia. In 2004, Jörg Wunderlich suggested reducing it again to a subfamily, this time of Plectreuridae. ^[5] However, it is still sometimes considered a subfamily of the Plectreuridae. ^[1]

Genera and species

Main article: List of Diguetidae species

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this family includes two genera: ^[1]

Diguetia

Diguetia Simon, 1895

• Diguetia albolineata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895) – United States, Mexico
• Diguetia andersoni Gertsch, 1958 – United States
• Diguetia balandra Jiménez, Cardiel & Chamé-Vázquez, 2022 – Mexico
• Diguetia canities (McCook, 1890) – United States, Mexico (type species)
  • D. c. mulaikiGertsch, 1958 – United States
• Diguetia catamarquensis (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Argentina
• Diguetia dialectica Chamberlin, 1924 – Mexico
• Diguetia imperiosa Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 – United States, Mexico
• Diguetia mojavea Gertsch, 1958 – United States
• Diguetia propinqua (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico
• Diguetia signata Gertsch, 1958 – United States, Mexico
• Diguetia stridulans Chamberlin, 1924 – Mexico

Segestrioides

Segestrioides Keyserling, 1883

• Segestrioides badia (Simon, 1903) – Brazil
• Segestrioides bicolor Keyserling, 1883 – Peru (type species)
• Segestrioides copiapo Platnick, 1989 – Chile
• Segestrioides tofo Platnick, 1989 – Chile

See also

• List of Diguetidae species

References

1. "Family: Diguetidae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-29.
2. Pickard-Cambridge, F.O. (1899). "Subfam. Diguetiinae". In Godman, Frederick Ducane & Salvin, Osbert (eds.). Biologia Centrali-Americana: Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones II. p. 53. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
3. Platnick, N.I. (1989). "A revision of the spider genus Segestrioides (Araneae, Diguetidae)". American Museum Novitates (2940): 1–9.
4. ICZN (1999), "Art. 29.3", International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (4th ed.), London, UK: The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, retrieved 2016-05-13
5. Wunderlich, J. (2004). "Fossil spiders (Araneae) of the superfamily Dysderoidea in Baltic and Dominican amber, with revised family diagnoses". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 3: 633–746.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Coneweb spider at iNaturalist