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An Overview of Spider Families
There are over 900 species of spiders in Texas in 48 families.
Some of the more common and conspicuous families are provided below.

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Class - Arachnida
Order - Araneae
Infraorder - Megalomorphae
            Ctenizidae - trapdoor spiders
            Theraphosidae - tarantulas
Infraorder - Araneomorphae
            Filistatidae - crevice weavers
            Sicariidae - sixeyed sicariid spiders
            Scytodidae - spitting spiders
            Phoicidae - daddylongleg spiders
            Mimetidae - pirate spiders
            Hersilidae - longspinneret spiders
            Uloboridae - hackle orbweavers
            Theridiidae - cobweb spiders
            Linyphiidae - sheet web and dwarf weavers
            Tetragnathidae - longjawed orbweavers
            Araneidae - orbweavers
            Lycosidae - wolf spiders
            Pisauridae - nursery web spiders
            Agelenidae - funnel weavers
            Oxyopidae - lynx spiders
            Anyphaenidae - ghost spiders
            Clubionidae - sac spiders
            Corinnidae - antmimic spiders
            Gnaphosidae - ground spiders
            Philodromidae - running crab spiders
            Thomisidae - crab spiders
            Salticidae - jumping spiders

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