Marronoid clade is a clade of entelegyn spiders classified within the RTA clade. The name "Marronoid clade" was proposed by Wheeler et al. in 2017. The name comes from the Spanish word for brown(marrón), emphasizing the brown coloration of most of its members. Families in this clade have been used as wastebin taxons and its hard to point out striking synapomorphies for the clade. All families in the clade have 3 tarsal claws, most families have members both with and without cribellum.
Taxonomy Currently, the clade consists of 13 families:
Agelenidae Amaurobiidae Argyronetidae Cicurinidae Cybaeidae Cycloctenidae Desidae Dictynidae Hahniidae Lathyidae Macrobunidae Stiphidiidae Toxopidae
Phylogeny Phylogeny of the Marronoid clade based on Gorneau et al. 2023 with the taxonomical revisions proposed by Montana et al. 2025:
Phylogeny of the Marronoid clade based on Gorneau et al. 2023:
Phylogeny of the Marronoid clade based on Kulkarni et al. 2023:
Phylogeny of the Marronoid clade based on Wheeler et al. 2017:
Marronoid clade in the phylogeny of the RTA clade, based on Kulkarni et al. 2023:
Marronoid clade in the phylogeny of the RTA clade, based on Wheeler et al. 2017:
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