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False Violin Spiders
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False Violin Spiders

Drymusa

Drymusa is a genus of spiders placed in its own family Drymusidae. They are also called false violin spiders or leaf-litter spiders. They resemble violin spiders (genus Loxosceles, Sicariidae), but other than these build a web. Also unlike Loxosceles, which are highly venomous to man, spiders in Drymusidae are not believed to be harmful to humans.

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Drymusa serrana

speciesDrymusa serrana

Drymusa spelunca

speciesDrymusa spelunca

Drymusa huberi

speciesDrymusa huberi

Drymusa armasi

speciesDrymusa armasi

Drymusa canhemabae

speciesDrymusa canhemabae

Drymusa colligata

speciesDrymusa colligata

Drymusa dinora

speciesDrymusa dinora

Drymusa nubila

speciesDrymusa nubila

Drymusa philomatica

speciesDrymusa philomatica

Drymusa rengan

speciesDrymusa rengan

Drymusa simoni

speciesDrymusa simoni

Drymusa spectata

speciesDrymusa spectata

Drymusa tobyi

speciesDrymusa tobyi

Drymusa pristirana

speciesDrymusa pristirana

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 208570.