The Agelenidae are a large family of spiders in the suborder Araneomorphae. Well-known examples include the common "grass spiders" of the genus Agelenopsis. Nearly all Agelenidae are harmless to humans, but the bite of the hobo spider may be medically significant, and some evidence suggests it might cause necrotic lesions, but the matter remains subject to debate. The most widely accepted common name for members of the family is funnel weaver.
Lampshade spiders, family Hypochilidae, are among the most primitive of araneomorph spiders. There are two genera and twelve species currently recognized. Like mygalomorphs, most hypochilids have two pairs of book lungs, but like araneomorphs they have intersecting fangs, with the exception of some species which have chelicerae in an angle that is neither orthognathous or labidognathous. These long-legged spiders build typical "lampshade" style webs under overhangs and in caves. In the United States the fauna is primarily associated with the Appalachian, Rocky and California Mountains. Ten of the known species are found in these ranges, all in the genus Hypochilus. The genus Ectatosticta is found in China.
Theridiosoma is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1879. They use their web as a high speed slingshot to actively hunt for prey.
Sinocyclocheilus is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae that is endemic to Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan in China. Almost all of its species live in or around caves and most of these have adaptions typical of cavefish such as a lack of scales, lack of pigmentation and reduced eyes. Several species have an unusual hunchbacked appearance and some of the cave-dwellers have a "horn" on the back, the function of which is unclear. In contrast, the Sinocyclocheilus species that live aboveground, as well as a few found underground, show no clear cavefish adaptions. They are relatively small fish reaching up to 23 cm (9.1 in) in length. The individual species have small ranges and populations, leading to the status of most of the evaluated species as threatened. Many species populations in the genus have yet to be evaluated by the IUCN.
Triplophysa is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found mainly in and around the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China, as well as inland waters of the larger part of central Asia. Currently, the genus is a mixed assemblage of species. Some lineages have been identified and treated as subgenera, but as Wikipedia follows Fishbase for fish species all but Hedinichthys have been treated as subgenera in Wikipedia, although Kottelat in his revision of the loaches did recognise them as valid. FishBase, however, includes these in Triplophysa without specifying subgenera and treats the names given by Kottelat as synonyms.
Mistaria is a genus of in the family Agelenidae first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.
Langona minima is a species of jumping spider in the genus Langona that lives in Kenya. The spider was first described by Ludovico di Caporiacco in 1949. The female is typically 3.2 mm (0.13 in) long and generally brown. The species can be distinguished from other similar species by its copulatory organs, and particularly the triangular depression in its epigyne. The male has not been described.
Karstia is a genus of Asian ray spiders that was first described by H. M. Chen in 2010.
Menglunia is a monotypic genus of Asian ray spiders containing the single species, Menglunia inaffecta. It was first described by Q. Y. Zhao & S. Q. Li in 2012, and is found in China.
Troglocoelotes is a genus of east Asian funnel weavers. It was first described by B. Li, Z. Zhao and C. T. Zhang in 2019, and it has only been found in China.
Guilotes is a genus of east Asian funnel weavers. It was first described by B. Li, Z. Zhao and H. F. Chen in 2018, and it has only been found in Chinese caves. The name is a combination of the Pinyin "Gui" referring to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region where it was found, and Notiocoelotes, a closely related genus.
Callosa is a genus of East Asian dwarf spiders first described by Q. Y. Zhao & S. Q. Li in 2017. As of April 2019 it contains only two species.
Vappolotes is a small genus of east Asian funnel weavers. It was first described by B. Li, Z. Zhao and Y. X. Chen in 2019, and it has only been found in China.
Sceliscelis is a monotypic genus of east African palp-footed spiders containing the single species, Sceliscelis marshi. It was first described by A. D. Oketch, S. Zonstein and E. N. Kioko in 2020, and it has only been found in Kenya.
Mekonglema is a genus of Asian long-legged cave spiders first described by H. F. Zhao, S. Q. Li and A. B. Zhang in 2020.
Siamlema is a small genus of southeast Asian long-legged cave spiders. It was first described by H. F. Zhao, S. Q. Li and A. B. Zhang in 2020, and it has only been found in Thailand. As of April 2022 it contains only two species: S. changhai and S. suea.
Sundalema is a genus of southeast Asian long-legged cave spiders first described by H. F. Zhao, S. Q. Li and A. B. Zhang in 2020.
Zhuanlema is a monotypic genus of southeast Asian long-legged cave spiders containing the single species, Zhuanlema peteri. It was first described by H. F. Zhao, S. Q. Li and A. B. Zhang in 2020, and it has only been found in Laos.
