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Spider Families This list follows Norman Platnick's 2006 version 7.0 of "The World Spider Catalog"¹ taxonomic listing of spider families, which is a linear representation of more complex taxonomic trees.
Family	Description	Species
Liphistiidae
Atypidae
Antrodiaetidae
Mecicobothriidae
Hexathelidae	Includes Australian Atrax robustus
Dipluridae
Cyrtaucheniidae
Ctenizidae	Trapdoor spiders
Idiopidae
Actinopodidae
Migidae
Nemesiidae
Microstigmatidae
Barychelidae
Theraphosidae	Tarantulas	Aphonopelma chalcodes Grammostola rosea Ornithoctonus hainana Ornithoctonus huwena Plesiophrictus guangxiensis Psalmopoeus cambridgei Stromatopelma calceata Thrixopelma pruriens
Paratropididae
Hypochilidae
Austrochilidae
Gradungulidae
Filistatidae		Kukulcania hibernalis
Sicariidae	Brown recluse spiders	Loxosceles arizonica Loxosceles deserta Loxosceles reclusa
Scytodidae	Spitting spiders	Scytodes spp.
Periegopidae
Drymusidae
Leptonetidae
Telemidae
Ochyroceratidae
Pholcidae	Cellar spiders	Physocyclus mexicanus
Plectreuridae		Plectreurys tristis
Diguetidae		Diguetia albolineata Diguetia canities
Caponiidae
Tetrablemmidae
Segestriidae		Ariadna bicolor
Dysderidae
Oonopidae
Orsolobidae
Archaeidae
Mecysmaucheniidae
Pararchaeidae
Holarchaeidae
Micropholcommatidae
Huttoniidae
Stenochilidae
Palpimanidae
Malkaridae
Mimetidae		Mimetus hesperus
Eresidae
Oecobiidae
Hersiliidae
Deinopidae
Uloboridae
Cyatholipidae
Synotaxidae
Nesticidae
Theridiidae	Cobweb, comb-footed or gum-footed web spiders Includes black widow spiders and relatives.	Achaearanea tepidariorum Latrodectus hesperus Latrodectus mactans Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Steatoda grossa Tidarren spp.
Theridiosomatidae
Symphytognathidae
Anapidae
Mysmenidae
Synaphridae
Pimoidae
Linyphiidae	Line weavers, filmy dome and bowl and doily spiders
Tetragnathidae	Long-jawed spiders (orbweavers)
Nephilidae
Araneidae	Typical orbweavers	Larinioides cornutus
Lycosidae	Wolf spiders	Hogna carolinensis
Trechaleidae
Pisauridae	Nursery web and fishing spiders	Dolomedes gertshi
Oxyopidae	Lynx spiders	Peucetia viridans
Senoculidae
Stiphidiidae
Neolanidae
Zorocratidae
Psechridae
Zoropsidae
Zoridae
Ctenidae	Includes Cupiennius salei and Phoneutria nigriventer
Agelenidae	Typical funnelweb spiders	Agelenopsis aperta Calilena spp. Hololena spp. Tegenaria agrestis
Cybaeidae
Desidae
Halidae
Amphinectidae
Cycloctenidae
Hahniidae
Dictynidae
Amaurobiidae
Phyxelididae
Titanoecidae
Nicodamidae
Tengellidae
Miturgidae	Sac spiders	Cheiracanthium inclusum
Anyphaenidae	Sac spiders
Liocranidae
Clubionidae	Sac spiders
Corinnidae
Zodariidae
Cryptothelidae
Chummidae
Homalonychidae		Homalonychus spp.
Ammoxenidae
Cithaeronidae
Gallieniellidae
Trochanteriidae
Lamponidae
Prodidomidae
Gnaphosidae	Running spiders	Herpyllus ecclesiasticus
Selenopidae		Selenops spp.
Sparassidae	Huntsman spiders	Olios spp.
Philodromidae	False crab spiders
Thomisidae	Crab spiders
Salticidae	Jumping spiders	Phidippus johnsoni Phidippus octopunctatus

^{1The
World Spider Catalog, V7.0 by N. I. Platnick � 2000 � 2006 AMNH}

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