Common Funnel Web Spider Hippasa agelenoides

Common Funnel Web Spider Hippasa agelenoides

Funnel web spider, builds web in the ground. Run inside the web upon disturbance and movements by large animals. A ground dwelling spider with brownish, elongated, anterior part is raised. Legs are long, possess hairs and spines. Abdomen is longer, tapered posteriorly. Abdomen consist of brownish hairs, with fine whitish spots.     

 

  Systematic position          

  • Domain : Eukaryota
  • Kingdom : Animalia
  • Phylum : Arthropoda
  • Subphylum : Chelicerata
  • Class : Arachnida
  • Order : Araneae
  • Infraorder : Araneomorphae
  • Family : Lycosidae
  • Genus : Hippasa
  • Species : agelenoides

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