Arachnida
(spiders, harvestmen, scorpions, mites, etc.)

Arachnida: Taxonomy | Info | Species on this site

Taxonomic Classification

Kingdom: Metazoa ((=Animalia) multicellular animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (arthropods)
Class: Arachnida (spiders, harvestmen, scorpions, mites, etc.)

Arachnida Information

The phylogenetic order, Arachnida, is a group of arthropods that includes spiders, scorpions, ticks, harvestmen, etc.
Arachnids have two tagmata (body segments), each with various appendages:

Prosoma: The arachnid prosoma is its cephalothorax (fused head and thorax). The attached appendages include a single pair of pre-oral chelicerae, a single pair of post-oral pedipalps, and four pairs of legs.
Opisthosoma: The arachnid opisthosoma is its abdomen and contains 12 segments. The single to four pairs of spinnerets of a spider are specialized appendages used to create silk threads and are attached to the spider's opisthosoma.

Species listed on this site

Order: Araneae (spiders)
- Family: Anyphaenidae (ghost spiders)
  - Hibana sp. - Ghost Spider
  - Wulfila sp.
- Family: Araneidae (orbweavers)
  - unidentified Araneidae
  - Araneus bicentenarius - Giant Lichen Orbweaver
  - Argiope aurantia - Yellow Garden Spider
  - Eriophora ravilla - Tropical Orbweaver
  - Gasteracantha cancriformis - Spinybacked Orbweaver
  - Mecynogea lemniscata - Basilica Orbweaver
  - Neoscona domiciliorum - Redfemured Spotted Orbweaver
- Family: Corinnidae (antmimic spiders)
  - Castianeira sp. - Antmimic Spider
  - Falconina gracilis - Antmimic Spider
- Family: Filistatidae (crevice weavers)
  - Kukulcania hibernalis - Southern House Spider
- Family: Gnaphosidae
  - Sergiolus capulatus
- Family: Linyphiidae (dwarf & sheetweb weavers)
  - Florinda coccinea - Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver
  - Neriene radiata - Filmy Dome Spider
- Family: Lycosidae (wolf spiders)
  - unidentified Lycosidae
  - Gladicosa sp.
  - Hogna georgicola
  - Hogna helluo - Wolf Spider
  - Hogna lenta - Field Wolf Spider
  - Schizocosa sp.
- Family: Oecobiidae
  - Oecobius sp.
- Family: Oxyopidae (lynx spiders)
  - Oxyopes salticus - Striped Lynx Spider
  - Peucetia viridans - Green Lynx Spider
- Family: Philodromidae (running crab spiders)
  - Philodromus sp.
- Family: Pisauridae (nursery web spiders)
  - unidentified Pisauridae
  - Dolomedes albineus - Whitebanded Fishing Spider
  - Dolomedes sp. - Fishing Spider
  - Dolomedes triton - Sixspotted Fishing Spider
- Family: Salticidae (jumping spiders)
  - unidentified Salticidae
  - Anasaitis canosa - Twinflagged Jumping Spider
  - Phidippus otiosus - Canopy Jumping Spider
  - Phidippus sp. - Jumping Spider
  - Plexippus paykulli - Pantropical Jumper
- Family: Scytodidae (spitting spiders)
  - Scytodes sp. - Spitting Spider
- Family: Selenopidae (selenopid crab spiders)
  - unidentified Selenopidae
- Family: Sparassidae (giant crab spiders)
  - Heteropoda venatoria - Huntsman Spider
- Family: Tetragnathidae (longjawed orbweavers)
  - Leucauge venusta - Orchard Orbweaver
  - Nephila clavipes - Golden Silk Orbweaver
  - Tetragnatha sp. - Longjawed Orbweaver
- Family: Theridiidae (cobweb weavers)
  - unidentified Theridiidae
  - Latrodectus geometricus - Brown Widow
  - Tidarren sisyphoides - Tent Cobweb Weaver
- Family: Thomisidae (crab spiders)
  - unidentified Thomisidae
- Family: Uloboridae (hackled orbweavers)
  - Uloborus glomosus - Featherlegged Orbweaver
Order: Ixodida (ticks)
- Family: Ixodidae (hardbacked ticks)
  - unidentified Ixodidae
  - Amblyomma americanum - Lone Star Tick
Order: Scorpiones (scorpions)
- Family: Buthidae (thick-tailed scorpions)
  - Centruroides gracilis - Florida Bark Scorpion

Arachnida(spiders, harvestmen, scorpions, mites, etc.)

Taxonomic Classification

Arachnida Information

Species listed on this site

Arachnida
(spiders, harvestmen, scorpions, mites, etc.)