- The
Mygalomorphae, or mygalomorphs, are an
infraorder of spiders, and
comprise one of
three major groups of
living spiders with over 3,000 species, found...
-
diagonally forward and
cross in a
pinching action, in
contrast to the
Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and
their close kin),
where they
point straight down. Araneomorphs...
- Theraphosidae,
although many
other members of the same
infraorder (
Mygalomorphae) are
commonly referred to as "tarantulas" or "false tarantulas". Some...
-
Opisthothelae is a
suborder of
spiders within the
order Araneae,
containing Mygalomorphae and Araneomorphae, but
excluding Mesothelae. The
Opisthothelae are sometimes...
- Cyrtaucheniidae,
known as wafer-lid
trapdoor spiders, are a
widespread family of
Mygalomorphae spiders. Wafer-lid
spiders are
generally large and
range in
color between...
- (2020). "Phylogenetic
systematics and
evolution of the
spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data".
Systematic Biology. 69 (4): 671–707. doi:10...
- are
usually treated as one suborder, Mesothelae, and two infraorders,
Mygalomorphae and Araneomorphae,
grouped into the
suborder Opisthothelae. The Mesothelae...
- species,
Rosamygale grauvogeli. It is the
oldest known member of the
Mygalomorphae, one of the
three main
divisions of spiders,
which includes well known...
- lizard-eating spiders. Commonly, they are
confused with
baboon spiders from the
Mygalomorphae infraorder,
which are not
closely related. More than a
thousand Spar****idae...
-
surviving suborder, the Mesothelae. The main
groups of
modern spiders,
Mygalomorphae and Araneomorphae,
first appeared in the Tri****ic period, more than...
