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Monophyletic taxon:
Infraorder
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
(spider)
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[Opisthothelae] (Suborder) - modern spiders
..[Aranaeomorphae] (Superfamily)
..[Araneomorphae] (Superfamily) - true spiders
..[Mygalomorphae] (Superfamily) - tarantula-like spiders
..[Mygalomorphae] (Infraorder)
..[Araneomorphae] (Infraorder)
....[Paleocribellatae]
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Arthropoda
-
(Class)
Arachnida
-
(Order)
Araneae
Current position
Opisthothelae
(Suborder)
Pocock, 1892
Ref:
D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005
: 102; Kulkarni et al., 2023: fig. 4a.
Historical positions
Opisthothelae
(Suborder)
Pocock, 1892
Ref:
S. Kulkarni et al., 2023
: 485, figs. 3, 4a.
Opisthothelae
(Suborder)
Pocock, 1892
Ref:
D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005
: 102.
Opisthothelae
(Suborder)
Pocock, 1892
Ref:
J.A. Coddington et al., 2004
: 302, fig. 18.3.
Number of Subtaxa
2025
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
2f;38g;235s;16ss
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
93f;>3358g
2023
S. Kulkarni et al.
: fig. 4b
[98f]
2004
J.A. Coddington et al.
: 302
94f;3200g;36,000s
2004
J.A. Coddington et al.
: 302
94f;3200g;36,000s
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21 Sep 2025