Coneweb spider

Coneweb spiders
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Suborder Araneomorphae Family Diguetidae
Genera
Diguetia

The coneweb spiders of the family Diguetidae are six-eyed haplogyne (lacking hardened female genitalia, or epigyna) spiders that live in tangled space webs. They fashion a cone-like central retreat in which they hide and lay eggs. The family is small (three genera and only 15 species) and is confined to the New World, where it is usually found in deserts. Members of the genus Diguetia usually build their webs in shrubs or between cactus pads. Although they have the same eye arrangement as the sicariids, none of the species are known to be venomous to humans.

External link

• Platnick, N.I. 2003. World Spider Catalog