Phrurolithidae
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| Phrurolithidae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Otacilia lynx | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Phrurolithidae Banks, 1892 |
| Diversity | |
| 27 genera, 421 species | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist) | |
Phrurolithidae is a family of araneomorph spiders, known as guardstone spiders. The family was first described by Nathan Banks in 1892.[1] First included in the Corinnidae as the subfamily Phrurolithinae, later phylogenetic studies justified a separate family.[2]
