Selenopidae
(Flatties)

The spider family Selenopidae, commonly known as Flatties, have been sighted 65 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Selenopidae includes 12 countries and 2 states in the United States. Selenopidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Flatties, Wall Crab Spiders, Wall Spiders, Crack Spiders

Author

Simon,1897

Sightings Overview

There have been 65 confirmed sightings of Selenopidae (Flatties), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 25, 2020 by Spider ID member tima1956. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 65 sightings because of certain Selenopidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 3% of the time, Selenopidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 64)
Sex: 0 female and 15 male.
Environment: Selenopidae has been sighted 33 times outdoors, and 34 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (24). Low foliage (2). High foliage (4). Ground layer (1). Under rock or debris (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1).

Location and Range

Selenopidae (Flatties) has been sighted in the following countries: Costa Rica, Iran, Nepal, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Uganda, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S., Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Selenopidae has also been sighted in the following states: Arizona, Florida.