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The genus Euryopis is a group of spiders known as Ant-eating Spiders, within the Comb-footed Spiders family Theridiidae.
The tiny spider (about 2-3 mm in body length) pictured here, was a fast mover, and was shooting off strands of web, most likely in an effort to get away.



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- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Theridiidae
- Genus: Euryopis
- Species:
- Euryopis maga Simon, 1908
- Euryopis multipunctata (Simon, 1895)
- Euryopis petricola (Hickman, 1951)
- Euryopis splendens (Rainbow, 1916)
- Euryopis superba (Rainbow, 1896)
- Euryopis umbilicata L. Koch, 1872
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Robert Raven, member of Australian spider identification page, Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/groups/australianspidereducation/
- Many thanks to Ethan Yeoman for ID, member of NT Field Naturalists’ Club Inc, https://www.facebook.com/groups/ntfieldnaturalistsclub/
- Euryopsis, Atlas of Living Australia, https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Euryopsis
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