Filistatidae
(Crevice Weavers)

The spider family Filistatidae, commonly known as Crevice Weavers, have been sighted 201 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Filistatidae includes 8 countries and 17 states in the United States. Filistatidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Filistatidae

Common Name (AAS)

Crevice Weavers

Other Common Names

Cribellate Crevice Weavers, Primitive Cribellate Spiders

Author

Anton Ausserer, 1867

Sightings Overview

There have been 201 confirmed sightings of Filistatidae (Crevice Weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on October 29, 2024 by Spider ID member bug102. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 201 sightings because of certain Filistatidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 26% of the time, Filistatidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 198)
Sex: 82 female and 55 male.
Environment: Filistatidae has been sighted 53 times outdoors, and 153 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (33). Low foliage (3). High foliage (1). Ground layer (5). Under rock or debris (5). Forest (1). Desert area (5).

Location and Range

Filistatidae (Crevice Weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Italy, Mexico, Spain, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands.

Filistatidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia.