Dipluridae
Linothele fallax
The Dipluridae are small to medium sized spider with extremely elongated spinnerets. They are referred to in German as a double tail spiders.
The Diplurida family was created by Eugène Simon (1848-1924) in 1889. It contains about 178 species of 25 genera ( see Norman I. Platnick, The World Spider Catalog, Version 14.0 ).
Almost all animals of this family build funnel nets that end in a lined cocoon living chamber. There are 24 genera and 175 species. Only Diplura garleppi has no extended spinnerets and probably also weaves no trawls, but lives in silk -lined tubes.
The Dipluridae inhabit tropical and subtropical climates on all continents except Europe.
System
- Diplurinae Diplura C. L. Koch, 1850 ( South America, Cuba)
- Harmonicon FO Pickard - Cambridge, 1896 ( French Guiana, Brazil)
- Linothele Karsch, 1879 (South America)
- Metriura Drolshagen & Bäckstam, 2009 (South America)
- Trechona C. L. Koch, 1850 ( South America)
- Allothele Tucker, 1920 ( Africa)
- Australothele Raven, 1984 ( Australia)
- Caledothele Raven, 1991 ( Australia)
- Carrai Raven, 1984 ( New South Wales)
- Cethegus Thorell, 1881 (Australia)
- Euagrus Ausserer, 1875 ( Southern United States to Costa Rica, South Africa, Taiwan)
- Microhexura Crosby & Bishop, 1925 ( USA)
- Namirea Raven, 1984 ( Australia)
- Phyxioschema Simon, 1889 (Central Asia )
- Stenygrocercus Simon, 1892 (New Caledonia)
- Andethele Coyle, 1995 (Peru )
- Indothele Coyle, 1995 ( India)
- Lathrothele Benoit, 1965 ( Africa)
- Thelechoris Karsch, 1881 (Africa, Madagascar)
- Chilehexops Coyle, 1986 ( Chile, Argentina)
- Masteria L. KochL. Koch, 1873 ( Caribbean, Central and South America, Oceania, Australia)
- Striamea Raven, 1981 ( Colombia)
- Leptothele Raven & Schwendinger, 1995 ( Thailand)
- Troglodiplura Main, 1969 ( Australia)