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Pisauridae
| Description | Nursery web spiders (Pisauridae) is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890. They resemble wolf spiders (Lycosidae) except for several key differences. Wolf spiders have two very prominent compound eyes in addition to the other six, while a nursery web spider's eyes are all about the same size. Additionally, female nursery web spiders carry their egg sacs with their jaws and pedipalps instead of attaching them to their spinnerets as wolf spiders do. When the eggs are about to hatch, a female spider builds a nursery "tent", places her egg sac inside, and stands guard outside, hence the family's common name. Like the wolf spiders, however, the nursery web spiders are roaming hunters that don't use webs for catching prey. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisauridae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Pisauridae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Pisauridae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (50%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Arachnida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arachnida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Xiphosurida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Xiphosura) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Arachnida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. A. Selden and D. Penney. 2009. A fossil spider (Araneae: Pisauridae) of Eocene age from Horsefly, British Columbia, Canada. Contributions to Natural History 12:1269-1282 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Nursery Web Spiders, Wolfspinnen, Fishing Spiders, Vårdnätspindlar, Vårdnätsspindlar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisauridae |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Dolomedinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Afropisaura genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archipirata genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Architis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Blandinia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Bradystichus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caledomedes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Campostichommides genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caripetella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Charminus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chiasmopes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cispinilus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cispius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cladycnis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conakrya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dendrolycosa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dolomedes genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Eopisaurella âśť genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Esuritor âśť genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Eucamptopus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Euprosthenops genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Euprosthenopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hala genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hygropoda genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ilipula genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Inola genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mangromedes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Maypacius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Megadolomedes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nilus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ornodolomedes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Palaeohygropoda âśť genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Palaeoperenethis âśť genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
| Papakula genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paracladycnis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Perenethis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phalaeops genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pisaura genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pisaurina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Polyboea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Qianlingula genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rothus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphedanus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stoliczka genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tallonia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinothele genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinothelella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinothelops genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tasmomedes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetragonophthalma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thalassiopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thalassius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thaumasia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tinus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tolma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Voraptipus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Vuattouxia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Walrencea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Teipus lamprus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Halidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Halidae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1890 | Pisauridae Simon |
| 2009 | Pisauridae Selden and Penney p. 1276 |
| 2013 | Pisauridae Dunlop et al. p. 164 |
| 2017 | Pisauridae Wheeler et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
