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Dipluridae (funnel-web tarantula)

Arachnida - Araneae - Dipluridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Dipluridae Simon
2013Dipluridae Dunlop et al.
2017Dipluridae Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderMygalomorphaePocock 1892
superfamilyAvicularioideaSimon 1874
familyDipluridaeSimon 1889
familyDipluridaeSimon 1889

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Dipluridae Simon 1889 [funnel-web tarantula]
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G. †Alterphyxioschemoides Wunderlich 2021
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†Alterphyxioschemoides spicula Wunderlich 2021
G. †Cethegoides Wunderlich 2017
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†Cethegoides patricki Wunderlich 2017
G. †Clostes Menge 1869
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†Clostes priscus Menge 1869
Subfm. Euagrinae Raven 1979
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G. †Cretadiplura Selden 2006
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†Cretadiplura ceara Selden 2006
G. †Dinodiplura Selden 2006
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†Dinodiplura ambulacra Selden 2006
G. †Seldischnoplura Raven et al. 2015
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†Seldischnoplura seldeni Raven et al. 2015
G. Ischnothele Ausserer 1875
G. Masteria Koch 1873
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†Masteria sexoculata Wunderlich 1988
Invalid names: Microsteria Wunderlich 1988 [synonym]
Subfm. Masteriinae Simon 1889
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G. †Edwa Raven et al. 2015
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†Edwa maryae Raven et al. 2015
G. †Phyxioschemoides Wunderlich 2015
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†Phyxioschemoides collembola Wunderlich 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Norian to the top of the Langhian or 227.30000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 205.7 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Australia (Queensland) Edwa maryae (154205)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Cretadiplura ceara (122922 123014) Dinodiplura ambulacra (122556)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceara) Cretadiplura ceara (34899 34900) Cretadiplura ceara, Dinodiplura ambulacra (34897) Dinodiplura ambulacra (34901)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Dipluridae indet., Phyxioschemoides collembola, Cethegoides patricki, Alterphyxioschemoides spicula (144466)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Clostes priscus (129227 129228)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Clostes priscus (123420 123493 123907) Dipluridae indet. 1, Clostes priscus (110735) Dipluridae indet. 2, Dipluridae indet., Clostes priscus (124318) Dipluridae indet. 3 (123773)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Clostes priscus (120811)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Ischnothele sp. (122474) Ischnothele sp., Microsteria sexoculata (146557) Microsteria sexoculata (122472)