Theridiidae

family of arachnids

Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833.

Tangle-web spiders
Temporal range: Cretaceous–present
Enoplognatha ovata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Species:
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Binomial name
Theridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Diversity
124 genera, 3028 species