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Welcome to Superfamily Lycosoidea!

Lycosoidea - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Arachnida > Order Araneae > Suborder Araneomorphae > Infraorder Entelegynae > Superfamily Lycosoidea

(From Wikipedia) Lycosoidea is a clade or superfamily of araneomorph spiders.

FACT: The original distinguishing factor for this superfamily was a grate-shaped tapetum, a reflective film in the eyes that aids in low-light vision!

Currently discovered: 2/10 Families

Family

  1. Pisauridae - Nursery Web Spiders
  2. Lycosidae - Wolf Spiders