Superfamily Argiopoidea 



D. Clypeus flat; posterior eyes moderately widely 

 separated; lateral eyes not/ at all or barely pro- 

 tuberant. P. 377. Tmeticus 

 DD. Clypeus more or less depressed below the eyes. 

 P. 378. Microneta 

 AA. Endites longer than their width at the base. Anterior meta- 

 tarsi not shorter than the tibiae. Legs armed with spines; 

 the tibiae almost always furnished with dorsal and lateral 

 spines. 

 B. Posterior median eyes much nearer to the posterior lateral 

 eyes than to each other; anterior eyes in a strongly 

 recurved line; median ocular area large. P. 399. 



Tapinopa 



BB. Posterior eyes nearly equidistant; anterior eyes in a 



nearly straight line. 



C. Chelicerae furnished in front with three or four spines. 



P. 380 Drapetisca 



CC. Chelicerae unarmed in front. 



D. Posterior eyes near together. Sternum heart- 

 shaped, not at all longer than wide. 

 E. Median ocular area large, longer than wide, and 

 barely narrower in front than behind; all eyes 

 subequal. P. 383. Labulla 



EE. Median ocular area not longer than wide, and 

 much narrower in front than behind; anterior 

 median eyes smaller than the others. 

 F. Metatarsi furnished with one or more spines. 

 P. 379. Lephthyphantes 



FF. Metatarsi unarmed. P. 378. Bathyphantes 

 DD. Posterior eyes distant. 



E. Eyes greatly reduced in size, cave-inhabiting 

 spiders. P. 382. Troglohyphantes 



EE. Eyes normal. 



F. Posterior median eyes plainly closer to the pos- 

 terior lateral eyes than to each other and very 

 much larger than the lateral eyes; femora with 

 but few or with no spines. P. 384. N eri en e 

 FF. Posterior median eyes not closer to the posterior 

 lateral eyes than to each other, and not much 

 larger than the other eyes. P. 385. Linyphia 



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