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    • Tengellidae

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Recent Observations

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Observer

kueda

Date

Jul 3, 2011 11:13 PM PDT
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Observer

loarie

Date

Dec 25, 2010

Description

Bugguide got this to Tengellidae
http://bugguide.net/node/view/482071

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Observer

kueda

Date

May 21, 2010 02:02 PM PDT
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Description from Wikipedia

The tengellid spiders (family Tengellidae) include eight genera and a little over 30 species worldwide. The family is confined to the New World, with two monotypic genera occurring in and Madagascar and New Zealand, respectively. Like most spiders, they have eight eyes. The characters defining the family are technical and there are still some disagreements as to its size and placement within spider classification. According to Griswold (1993), the family is polyphyletic. This is another of...

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