Kingdom Animalia Infraorder Araneomorphae Scientific name Scytodoidea Higher classification Araneomorphae Order Spider | Subphylum Chelicerata Clade Haplogynae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Superfamily | |
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Lower classifications Spitting spider, Scytodes globula | ||
Scytodoidea is a taxon of araneomorph spiders, at the rank of superfamily. It contains four families:
Phylogeny
The monophyly of the group has been confirmed in morphological studies. One hypothesis for the relationships of the four families is shown in the following cladogram:
Earlier studies agree in placing the Sicariidae as the most basal family, but reverse the positions of Drymusidae and Scytodidae. Scytodoidea is placed within the haplogyne clade of araneomorph spiders, as one of the more derived clades.
References
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