Nicodamidae
| Nicodamidae | |
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| male Megadictyna thilenii from New Zealand | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: |
Nicodamidae Simon, 1898 |
| Genera | |
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| Diversity | |
| 9 genera, 29 species | |
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The Nicodamidae are a spider family with 29 species in nine genera.
They are small to medium-sized spiders found in small sheet webs close to the ground in eucalypt forests. In most cases the cephalothorax and legs are uniformly red and the abdomen black, for which these species are sometimes called the red and black spider.
The species of this family are only present in New Zealand and the Australian region.
Ambicodamus Harvey, 1995
Dimidamus Harvey, 1995
Durodamus Harvey, 1995
Forstertyna Harvey, 1995
Litodamus Harvey, 1995
Megadictyna Dahl, 1906
Novodamus Harvey, 1995
Oncodamus Harvey, 1995
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