Purse-web Spider
Atypus
Atypus is a genus of mygalomorph spider, the purse web spiders. It occurs in Eurasia, with one species (A. affinis) reaching into North Africa, and one species (A. snetsingeri) in the USA. Only three of the described species occur in Europe: A. piceus, A. affinis, and A. muralis.
36 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Purseweb Spider
speciesAtypus affinis
Karsch's Purseweb Spider
speciesAtypus karschi
Atypus piceus
speciesAtypus piceus
Atypus muralis
speciesAtypus muralis
Atypus javanus
speciesAtypus javanus
Atypus magnus
speciesAtypus magnus
Atypus heterothecus
speciesAtypus heterothecus
Atypus quelpartensis
speciesAtypus quelpartensis
Atypus yajuni
speciesAtypus yajuni
Atypus dorsualis
speciesAtypus dorsualis
Atypus sutherlandi
speciesAtypus sutherlandi
Atypus wii
speciesAtypus wii
Atypus wataribabaorum
speciesAtypus wataribabaorum
Atypus lannaianus
speciesAtypus lannaianus
Atypus suthepicus
speciesAtypus suthepicus
Atypus medius
speciesAtypus medius
Atypus baotianmanensis
speciesAtypus baotianmanensis
Atypus flexus
speciesAtypus flexus
Atypus baotingensis
speciesAtypus baotingensis
Atypus jianfengensis
speciesAtypus jianfengensis
Atypus largosaccatus
speciesAtypus largosaccatus
Atypus ledongensis
speciesAtypus ledongensis
Atypus pedicellatus
speciesAtypus pedicellatus
Atypus sinensis
speciesAtypus sinensis
Atypus suiningensis
speciesAtypus suiningensis
Atypus tibetensis
speciesAtypus tibetensis
Atypus formosensis
speciesAtypus formosensis
Atypus yanjingensis
speciesAtypus yanjingensis
Atypus siyiensis
speciesAtypus siyiensis
Atypus yaozu
speciesAtypus yaozu
Atypus sacculatus
speciesAtypus sacculatus
Atypus suwonensis
speciesAtypus suwonensis
Atypus coreanus
speciesAtypus coreanus
Atypus minutus
speciesAtypus minutus
Atypus seogwipoensis
speciesAtypus seogwipoensis
Atypus sternosulcus
speciesAtypus sternosulcus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 318906.