Rhytidicolidae
Family of spiders
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Rhytidicolidae, also known as golden tunnel-web spiders,[2] is a small Neotropical family of mygalomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1903.[1] It was originally described as a tribe and considered a junior synonym of Aporoptychinae Simon, 1889 (now Cyrtaucheniidae) by Raven in 1985.[3]
| Rhytidicolidae | |
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| female Fufius lucasae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Rhytidicolidae Simon, 1903 [1] |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) | |
In 2022, Rhythidicolidae was elevated to family level.[4] The family currently consists of two genera and fifteen species.[5]
