| Sheetweb spiders | |
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| Stiphidion facetum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Stiphidiidae Dalmas, 1917 |
| Diversity | |
| 20 genera, 125 species | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist) | |
Stiphidiidae, also called sheetweb spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described in 1917.1 Most species are medium size (Stiphidion facetum is about 8 millimetres (0.31 in) long) and speckled brown with long legs. All members of this family occur in New Zealand and Australia except for Asmea.2 They build a horizontal sheet-like web under rocks, hence the name "sheetweb spiders".
Genera
As of January 2026, this family includes twenty genera and 125 species:2
- Aorangia Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
- Asmea Gray & Smith, 2008 – New Guinea
- Borrala Gray & Smith, 2004 – Australia
- Carbinea Davies, 1999 – Australia
- Couranga Gray & Smith, 2008 – Australia
- Elleguna Gray & Smith, 2008 – Australia
- Jamberoo Gray & Smith, 2008 – Australia, Australian Capital Territory
- Kababina Davies, 1995 – Australia
- Karriella Gray & Smith, 2008 – Australia
- Malarina Davies & Lambkin, 2000 – Australia
- Marplesia Lehtinen, 1967 – New Zealand
- Neolana Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
- Neoramia Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
- Pillara Gray & Smith, 2004 – Australia
- Procambridgea Forster & Wilton, 1973 – Australia. Introduced to New Zealand
- Stiphidion Simon, 1902 – Australia. Introduced to New Zealand
- Tartarus Gray, 1973 – Australia
- Therlinya Gray & Smith, 2002 – Australia
- Tjurunga Lehtinen, 1967 – Australia
- Wabua Davies, 2000 – Australia
References
References
- Dalmas, R. de (1917). "Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 86 (2–3): 317–430. doi:10.1080/21686351.1917.12279910.
- "Family Stiphidiidae Dalmas, 1917". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
External links
External links
- Picture of Cambridgea foliata
- Pictures of Stiphidium facetum and its web
- Gray, M. R. & H. M. Smith (2002). Therlinya, a new genus of spiders from eastern Australia (Araneae: Amaurobioidea). Rec. austral. Mus. 54: 293–312.PDF