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Tuberculotae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Suborder
  
Mygalomorphae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Araneae

Infraorder
  
Tuberculotae

The Tuberculotae are an infraorder of mygalomorph spiders, consisting of eight families with ca. 250 genera and 1,800 species.

  • Mecicobothrioidea (Mecicobothriidae and Microstigmatidae)
  • Hexathelidae
  • Dipluridae
  • Nemesiidae
  • Theraphosoidea (Theraphosidae and Paratropididae)
  • Barychelidae
  • They are opposed to the Fornicephalae, which make up the rest of the Mygalomorphae. The key difference being the unique sensory hairs that have developed on their ommatidia primarily used for orientation in low light areas.

    However, according to (Goloboff, 1993), neither group appears to be monophyletic.

    References

    Tuberculotae Wikipedia