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Gnaphosoid Spiders
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Gnaphosoid Spiders

Gnaphosoidea

The Gnaphosoidea or gnaphosoids are a superfamily of araneomorph spiders with seven families. A 2014 study did not find the group to be monophyletic.

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7 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Stealthy Ground Spiders

familyGnaphosidae

White-marked Ground Spiders

familyLamponidae

Scorpion Spiders

familyTrochanteriidae

Scorpion Flat Spiders

familyTrachycosmidae

long-spinneret ground spiders

familyProdidomidae

Curly-legged Ground Spiders

familyCithaeronidae

Long-jawed Ground Spiders

familyGallieniellidae

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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 367173.