| Lundacera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Ochyroceratidae |
| Genus: | Lundacera |
| Species: | L. tchikapensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lundacera tchikapensis Machado, 1951 [1] | |
Lundacera is a genus of spiders in the family Ochyroceratidae. It was first described in 1951 by Machado. As of 2017 [update] , it contains only one species, Lundacera tchikapensis, found in Angola. [1]
Ochyroceratidae is a six-eyed spider family, with 165 described species in ten genera. They are common inhabitants of caves and the tropical forest litter of South Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and South America. Considered an ecological counterpart of the Linyphiidae of the northern temperate zone, species are especially diverse in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Flexicrurum is a genus of spiders from China similar to the genera Althepus and Leclercera. Tong and Li originally placed the genus in Ochyroceratidae, but Tong later moved it to Psilodercidae. Males are generally smaller than 2 mm, but the size of females is unknown. The name is derived from Latin flex "curved", and crur "leg", referring to the inner turned palpal tibia of the male. As of 2019 three described species have been found in caves of Hainan Island.
Speocera taprobanica is a species of spider of the family Ochyroceratidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Dundocera is a genus of spiders in the family Ochyroceratidae. It was first described in 1951 by Machado. As of 2016, it contains 3 species, all from Angola.
Fageicera is a genus of spiders in the family Ochyroceratidae. It was first described in 1992 by Dumitrescu & Georgescu. As of 2016, it contains 3 species, all from Cuba.
Leclercera is a genus of spiders in the family Psilodercidae found in southeast Asia, including Thailand, Nepal, and the Philippines. It was first described in 1995 by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold, who named it after a fellow collector of Asian spiders. She originally placed under Ochyroceratidae, but it was later moved it to Psilodercidae. It is named for Philippe Leclerc, a collector of spiders in southeast Asia.
Ochyrocera is a genus of midget ground weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.
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Ochyrocera ungoliant is a species of spiders of the family Ochyroceratidae. It is endemic to Brazil. It was named after Ungoliant, an evil spider spirit created by J.R.R. Tolkien, described in the book The Silmarillion.
Ochyrocera laracna is a species of spiders of the family Ochyroceratidae. It is endemic to Brazil. It was named after Shelob, giant spider from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
Speocera jacquemarti is a species of spider of the family Ochyroceratidae. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands.
Speocera irritans is a species of spider of the family Ochyroceratidae. It is endemic to the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
Psilodercidae is a family of spiders first described as a subfamily of Ochyroceratidae by Machado in 1951 and raised to family rank by J. Wunderlich in 2008. These spiders can be distinguished by the "segestriid positioning" of their six eyes, the absence of leg bristles, strong apical bristles on the cymbium, and several pairs of spermathecae in females.
Luzonacera is a genus of spiders in the family Psilodercidae. It was erected by Feng-Yuan Li and Shu-Qiang Li in 2017. As of February 2019, it contains five species found on the Philippine island of Luzon.
Sinoderces is a genus of spiders from Thailand in the family Psilodercidae first described in 2017. As of February 2019 it contains only two species.
Thaiderces is a genus of spiders from Thailand in the family Psilodercidae, family first described in 2017. As of February 2019 it contains only two species.
Priscaleclercera is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Psilodercidae, containing seven species. The genus was first described by Jorge Wunderlich in 2017, and its fossils have been found in Burmese amber, while live specimens have been found in Indonesia (Sulawesi).
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