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Order:
Araneae - Spiders
Opiliones - Harvestmen
Pseudoscorpiones - Pseudoscorpions
Scorpiones - Scorpions
Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACROPSOPILIONIDAE-
AGELENIDAE-Funnel Weavers
AMAUROBIIDAE-Hacklemesh Weavers
ANTRODIAETIDAE-Folding Trapdoor Spiders
ANYPHAENIDAE-Ghost Spiders
ARANEIDAE-Orb Weavers
ATYPIDAE-Purseweb Spiders
BUTHIDAE-
CADDIDAE-
CHEIRACANTHIIDAE-
CHEIRIDIIDAE-
CHELIFERIDAE-
CHERNETIDAE-
CHTHONIIDAE-
CLUBIONIDAE-Sac Spiders
CORINNIDAE-Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders
COSMETIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
CTENIDAE-Wandering Spiders
CYBAEIDAE-
DEINOPIDAE-Ogrefaced spider
DESIDAE-
DICTYNIDAE-Mesh Web Weavers
DYSDERIDAE-
EUCTENIZIDAE-Wafer-lid Trapdoor Spiders
FILISTATIDAE-
GARYPINIDAE-
GNAPHOSIDAE-Ground Spiders
HAHNIIDAE-
HALONOPROCTIDAE-
HYPOCHILIDAE-
LARCIDAE-
LEPTONETIDAE-
LINYPHIIDAE-Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders
LIOCRANIDAE-Liocranid Sac Spiders
LYCOSIDAE-Wolf Spiders
MICROHEXURIDAE-
MIMETIDAE-Pirate spiders
MYSMENIDAE-
NEOBISIIDAE-
NESTICIDAE-Scaffold Web Spiders
OECOBIIDAE-Wall spiders
OONOPIDAE-
OXYOPIDAE-Lynx Spiders
PHALANGIIDAE-
PHALANGODIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
PHILODROMIDAE-Running Crab Spiders
PHOLCIDAE-
PHRUROLITHIDAE-
PISAURIDAE-Nursery Web Spiders
SABACONIDAE-
SALTICIDAE-Jumping Spiders
SCLEROSOMATIDAE-
SCYTODIDAE-
SEGESTRIIDAE-
SICARIIDAE-
SPARASSIDAE-Giant Crab Spiders
STERNOPHORIDAE-
TARACIDAE-
TETRAGNATHIDAE-Long-jawed Orb Weavers
THERIDIIDAE-Cobweb Spiders
THERIDIOSOMATIDAE-Ray Spiders
THOMISIDAE-Crab Spiders
TITANOECIDAE-
TRACHELIDAE-
TRIAENONYCHIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
TRIDENCHTHONIIDAE-
ULOBORIDAE-Cribellate Orb Weavers
VAEJOVIDAE-
25 species for
Alleghany County
Colloquial
family
sciName
comName
Funnel Weavers
AGELENIDAE
Agelenopsis kastoni
a grass spider
Agelenopsis pennsylvanica
a grass spider
Ghost Spiders
ANYPHAENIDAE
Anyphaena pectorosa
a ghost spider
Orb Weavers
ARANEIDAE
Araniella displicata
Sixspotted orbweaver
Eustala anastera
Humpbacked orbweaver
Micrathena mitrata
white micrathena
Sac Spiders
CLUBIONIDAE
Clubiona abboti
a leafcurling sac spider
Wandering Spiders
CTENIDAE
Anahita punctulata
a wandering spider
No Colloquial Name
CYBAEIDAE
Calymmaria persica
a basket-web weaver
Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders
LINYPHIIDAE
Frontinella pyramitela
bowl and doily weaver
Wolf Spiders
LYCOSIDAE
Gladicosa gulosa
a wolf spider
Rabidosa punctulata
Dotted wolf spider
Lynx Spiders
OXYOPIDAE
Oxyopes salticus
Striped lynx spider
Nursery Web Spiders
PISAURIDAE
Pisaurina mira
nursery web spider
Jumping Spiders
SALTICIDAE
Marpissa lineata
a jumping spider
Zygoballus rufipes
Hammerjawed jumping spider
No Colloquial Name
SCLEROSOMATIDAE
Leiobunum hoffmani
Long-jawed Orb Weavers
TETRAGNATHIDAE
Leucauge venusta
orchard orbweaver
Pachygnatha furcillata
a thickjawed orbweaver
Cobweb Spiders
THERIDIIDAE
Argyrodes elevatus
a dewdrop spider
Theridion frondeum
a cobweb spider
Crab Spiders
THOMISIDAE
Misumessus oblongus
a crab spider
Synema parvulum
a crab spider
Xysticus elegans
Elegant crab spider
Bassaniana unidentified species
a bark crab spider