Stiphidiidae, also called sheetweb spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described in 1917. Most species are medium size (Stiphidion facetum is about long) and speckled brown with long legs. All members of this family occur in New Zealand and Australia except for Asmea. They build a horizontal sheet-like web under rocks, hence the name "sheetweb spiders".
Genera
, this family includes twenty genera and 125 species:
Aorangia Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand Asmea Gray & Smith, 2008 – New Guinea Borrala Gray & Smith, 2004 – Australia Carbinea Davies, 1999 – Australia Couranga Gray & Smith, 2008 – Australia Elleguna Gray & Smith, 2008 – Australia Jamberoo Gray & Smith, 2008 – Australia, Australian Capital Territory Kababina Davies, 1995 – Australia Karriella Gray & Smith, 2008 – Australia Malarina Davies & Lambkin, 2000 – Australia Marplesia Lehtinen, 1967 – New Zealand Neolana Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand Neoramia Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand Pillara Gray & Smith, 2004 – Australia Procambridgea Forster & Wilton, 1973 – Australia. Introduced to New Zealand Stiphidion Simon, 1902 – Australia. Introduced to New Zealand Tartarus Gray, 1973 – Australia Therlinya Gray & Smith, 2002 – Australia Tjurunga Lehtinen, 1967 – Australia Wabua Davies, 2000 – Australia
References
External links
Picture of Cambridgea foliata Pictures of Stiphidium facetum and its web Gray, M. R. & H. M. Smith (2002). Therlinya, a new genus of spiders from eastern Australia (Araneae: Amaurobioidea). Rec. austral. Mus. 54: 293–312.PDF