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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Suborder
  
Araneomorphae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Araneae

Family
  
Eresidae

Stegodyphus Stegodyphus sarasinorum Spiderlab Aarhus University

Similar
  
Stegodyphus lineatus, Velvet spider, Anelosimus, Anelosimus eximius, Eresus

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Stegodyphus is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Eresidae. The 21 species are distributed from Africa to Europe and Asia, with two species (S. manaus and S. annulipes) found in Brazil.

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At least three species are social spiders. Several species are known to use ballooning as a method of dispersal.

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Mealworm banquet feeding time for stegodyphus sarasinorum


Name

The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek stegos, meaning "covered".

Species

Stegodyphus lineatus

  • Stegodyphus africanus (Blackwall, 1866) — Africa
  • Stegodyphus bicolor (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — Southern Africa
  • Stegodyphus dufouri (Audouin, 1826) — North, West Africa
  • Stegodyphus dumicola Pocock, 1898 — Central, South Africa
  • Stegodyphus hildebrandti (Karsch, 1878) — Central, East Africa, Zanzibar
  • Stegodyphus hisarensis Arora & Monga, 1992 — India
  • Stegodyphus lineatus (Latreille, 1817) — Europe to Tajikistan
  • Stegodyphus lineifrons Pocock, 1898 — East Africa
  • Stegodyphus manaus Kraus & Kraus, 1992 — Brazil
  • Stegodyphus manicatus Simon, 1876 — North, West Africa
  • Stegodyphus mimosarum Pavesi, 1883 — Africa, Madagascar
  • Stegodyphus mirandus Pocock, 1899 — India
  • Stegodyphus nathistmus Kraus & Kraus, 1989 — Morocco to Aden
  • Stegodyphus pacificus Pocock, 1900 — Jordan, Iran, Pakistan, India
  • Stegodyphus sabulosus Tullgren, 1910 — East, Southern Africa
  • Stegodyphus sarasinorum Karsch, 1891 — India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
  • Stegodyphus simplicifrons Simon, 1906 — Madagascar
  • Stegodyphus tentoriicola Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
  • Stegodyphus tibialis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — India, Myanmar, Thailand
  • Stegodyphus tingelin Kraus & Kraus, 1989 — Cameroon

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    References

    Stegodyphus Wikipedia
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