The Nature LibraryEN·ES
iNat·419458GenusArachnida8,687 field observations
  1. Animals
  2. ›Arthropods
  3. ›Chelicerates
  4. ›Arachnids
  5. ›Spiders
  6. ›Typical Spiders
  7. ›Entelegyne Spiders
  8. ›Orbweavers and Allies
  9. ›Golden Orbweavers
Hermit Spiders
Plate 1 of 3. (c) Rudolph Steenkamp, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Rudolph Steenkamp · via iNaturalist

Hermit Spiders

Nephilingis

Nephilingis is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. It was split off from the genus Nephilengys in 2006. Both genera have been called hermit spiders from the habit of staying in their retreats during the day; alternatively the name "hermit spider" may be reserved for Nephilingis, with Nephilengys species called "eunuch spiders".

Continue reading on Wikipedia

4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

African Hermit Spider

speciesNephilingis cruentata

Madagascar Hermit Spider

speciesNephilingis livida

Réunion Hermit Spider

speciesNephilingis borbonica

Dodo Hermit Spider

speciesNephilingis dodo

See this branch on the Wheel of Life →
§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Nephilingis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

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 419458.