Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Family Zoropsidae Rank Genus | Subphylum Chelicerata Infraorder Araneomorphae Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider | |
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Similar Sphictostethus nitidus, Mituliodon, Porrhothele, Porrhothele antipodiana, Zoropsidae | ||
My big fat vagrant spider uliodon sp
Uliodon is a genus of spiders found in New Zealand and possibly Australia. They are commonly referred to as vagrant spiders. Vagrant spiders vary in colour from dark brown to almost black, they typically have a body length of 20mm and a 50mm leg span. They are nocturnal hunters, feeding on ground dwelling invertebrates. During the day they are found under logs and rocks.
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Taxonomy
As of October 2015, three or possibly four species of Uliodon are accepted. In 2003, Robert Raven and Kylie Stumkat considered that the genus was endemic to New Zealand, transferring all the Australian species they reviewed to other genera. They recognized only three species, all endemic to New Zealand:
A further species, found in Australia and not reviewed by Raven and Stumkat, is listed by the World Spider Catalog as of October 2015:
Species transferred to other genera include: