DYSDERIDAE
(woodlice spiders, woodlouse spiders)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Dysdera erythrina
a woodlouse spider
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 10 images 1 ident. refs
Harpactea
a genus of woodlouse spiders
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 5 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyDYSDERIDAE (woodlice spiders, woodlouse spiders)
OrderARANEAE (spiders)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Harvey, P. Identification of Dysdera crocata and Dysdera erythrina http://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Difficult+species

Females

Taberlet, J.-P. Dysdera comparison https://araneae.unibe.ch/downloads/Dysdera_comparison.pdf

DYSDERIDAE (woodlice spiders, woodlouse spiders) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DYSDERIDAE (woodlice spiders, woodlouse spiders)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for DYSDERIDAE (woodlice spiders, woodlouse spiders)
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