Telemidae

Telemidae
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Telema tenella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Telemidae Fage, 1913
Genera
See text.
Diversity
9 genera, 62 species
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Telemidae is a family of small Haplogynae spiders. Most are cave dwelling spiders with six eyes, though some do not have any eyes at all. There are about 60 described species in nine genera.

Physical features

The legs are long, thin, relatively spineless, and do not have trichobothria. They have three pairs of spinnerets, the longest of which is toward the head. Instead of book lungs, they have two pairs of tracheal spiracles. The elongate abdomen bears a hardened ridge above the pedicel running in a zigzag pattern that is more clearly defined in males than females. The pedipalp on males is oval and bag-like with a thin spermatophore. The female pedipalp does not have a claw.

Genera

As of October 2015, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera:

• Apneumonella Fage, 1921
• Cangoderces Harington, 1951
• Jocquella Baert, 1980
• Kinku Dupérré & Tapia, 2015
• Pinelema Wang & Li, 2012
• Seychellia Saaristo, 1978
• Telema Simon, 1882
• Telemofila Wunderlich, 1995
• Usofila Keyserling, 1891

See also

• List of Telemidae species
• Spider families

References

• Platnick, N.I. (1986). On the tibial and patellar glands, relationships, and American genera of the spider family Leptonetidae (Arachnida, Araneae). American Museum novitates 2855. PDF Abstract (with info on Telemidae)