Filistatidae
(Crevice Weavers)

The spider family Filistatidae, commonly known as Crevice Weavers, have been sighted 209 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 April.

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 209 confirmed sightings of Filistatidae (Crevice Weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on February 25, 2021 by Spider ID member monteith86. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 209 sightings because of certain Filistatidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 26% of the time, Filistatidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 189)
Sex: 83 female and 62 male.
Environment: Filistatidae has been sighted 51 times outdoors, and 146 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (31). 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.