Periegopidae

  • Periegops (Simon, 1893)

The spider family of Periegopidae belongs to the genuine spiders. She lives in Australia and New Zealand.

This haplogynen spiders have six eyes and be up to 8 mm long. From the family of Periegopidae only one genus, Periegops, with 2 species is known:

  • Periegops suteri ( Urquhart, 1892), found in New Zealand.

The occurrence of spiders is limited to a few small nature reserves. The absence of dead wood and foliage, which is increasingly washed away, reducing the habitat. Which were introduced in Australia neozoa decimate the stocks in addition.

Haplogynae Archaeidae
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