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Selenopidae (wall crab spiders)

Arachnida - Araneae - Selenopidae

Taxonomy
Selenopidae was named by Simon (1897). It is extant.

It was assigned to Gnaphosoidea by Dunlop et al. (2013); and to Dionycha by Wheeler et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Selenopidae Simon
2013Selenopidae Dunlop et al. p. 177
2017Selenopidae 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
—Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
—EntelegynaeSimon 1893
—DionychaPetrunkevitch 1928
familySelenopidaeSimon 1897
familySelenopidaeSimon 1897

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. Selenopidae Simon 1897 [wall crab spiders]
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G. Anyphops Corronca 1998
G. Garcorops Corronca 2003
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†Garcorops jadis Bosselaers 2004
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Invalid names: Anyphops cortex Wunderlich 2004 [synonym]
G. †Selenops Latreille 1819
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†Selenops benoiti Wunderlich 2004
†Selenops beynai Schawaller 1984
†Selenops dominicanus Wunderlich 2004
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 Bridgerian to the top of the Holocene or 50.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) Selenops sp. (123850)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Selenopidae indet. (164690)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Selenops sp. (125758)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Selenops beynai (122474) Selenops sp. (122472) Selenops sp.1, Selenops sp.2, Selenops beynai, Selenops dominicanus (146557)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Antseranana) Garcorops jadis (146604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Anyphops cortex, Selenops benoiti (147603)