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Anelosimus
Anelosimus is a cosmopolitan genus of cobweb spiders (Theridiidae), currently containing 74 species. Anelosimus is a key group in the study of sociality and its evolution in spiders (Aviles 1997). It contains species spanning the spectrum from solitary to highly social (quasisocial), with eight quasisocial species, far more than any other spider genus. Among these is the South American social species Anelosimus eximius, among the best studied social spider species.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Banded Comb-Footed Spider
speciesAnelosimus vittatus
Anelosimus studiosus
speciesAnelosimus studiosus
Anelosimus eximius
speciesAnelosimus eximius
Anelosimus crassipes
speciesAnelosimus crassipes
Terry Pratchett's Anelosimus
speciesAnelosimus pratchetti
Anelosimus chonganicus
speciesAnelosimus chonganicus
Anelosimus taiwanicus
speciesAnelosimus taiwanicus
Anelosimus nelsoni
speciesAnelosimus nelsoni
Anelosimus analyticus
speciesAnelosimus analyticus
Anelosimus kohi
speciesAnelosimus kohi
Anelosimus pulchellus
speciesAnelosimus pulchellus
Anelosimus baeza
speciesAnelosimus baeza
Anelosimus jucundus
speciesAnelosimus jucundus
Anelosimus jabaquara
speciesAnelosimus jabaquara
Anelosimus bali
speciesAnelosimus bali
Anelosimus nigrescens
speciesAnelosimus nigrescens
Anelosimus domingo
speciesAnelosimus domingo
Anelosimus pantanal
speciesAnelosimus pantanal
Anelosimus chickeringi
speciesAnelosimus chickeringi
Anelosimus iwawakiensis
speciesAnelosimus iwawakiensis
Anelosimus pacificus
speciesAnelosimus pacificus
Anelosimus lorenzo
speciesAnelosimus lorenzo
Anelosimus monskenyensis
speciesAnelosimus monskenyensis
Anelosimus amelie
speciesAnelosimus amelie
Anelosimus andasibe
speciesAnelosimus andasibe
Anelosimus ata
speciesAnelosimus ata
Anelosimus buffoni
speciesAnelosimus buffoni
Anelosimus darwini
speciesAnelosimus darwini
Anelosimus hookeri
speciesAnelosimus hookeri
Anelosimus huxleyi
speciesAnelosimus huxleyi
Anelosimus lamarcki
speciesAnelosimus lamarcki
Anelosimus may
speciesAnelosimus may
Anelosimus moramora
speciesAnelosimus moramora
Anelosimus nazariani
speciesAnelosimus nazariani
Anelosimus sallee
speciesAnelosimus sallee
Anelosimus tita
speciesAnelosimus tita
Anelosimus torfi
speciesAnelosimus torfi
Anelosimus vondrona
speciesAnelosimus vondrona
Anelosimus wallacei
speciesAnelosimus wallacei
Anelosimus inhandava
speciesAnelosimus inhandava
Anelosimus misiones
speciesAnelosimus misiones
Anelosimus elegans
speciesAnelosimus elegans
Anelosimus tosus
speciesAnelosimus tosus
Anelosimus dubius
speciesAnelosimus dubius
Anelosimus decaryi
speciesAnelosimus decaryi
Anelosimus placens
speciesAnelosimus placens
Anelosimus guacamayos
speciesAnelosimus guacamayos
Anelosimus oritoyacu
speciesAnelosimus oritoyacu
Anelosimus rupununi
speciesAnelosimus rupununi
Anelosimus exiguus
speciesAnelosimus exiguus
Anelosimus pomio
speciesAnelosimus pomio
Anelosimus puravida
speciesAnelosimus puravida
Anelosimus octavius
speciesAnelosimus octavius
Anelosimus agnar
speciesAnelosimus agnar
Anelosimus linda
speciesAnelosimus linda
Anelosimus sulawesi
speciesAnelosimus sulawesi
Anelosimus dubiosus
speciesAnelosimus dubiosus
Anelosimus rabus
speciesAnelosimus rabus
Anelosimus sumisolena
speciesAnelosimus sumisolena
Anelosimus fraternus
speciesAnelosimus fraternus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 249289.