Family: ATYPIDAE Thorell, 1870

purseweb spiders

Similar Families

CTENIZIDAE CYRTAUCHENIIDAE MECICOBOTHRIIDAE

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Nearctic Taxonomic/Species Richness

Number of Nearctic Species: 8 (as documented in the World Spider Catalog & includes introductions)

Nearctic/Palearctic Genera

#	Genus	Ref.	Common Name
1	Atypus Latreille, 1804

2	Sphodros Walckenaer, 1835

Nearctic/Palearctic Species Images

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