Selenops
(Flatties)

Selenops, commonly known as Flatties, is a genus of spiders in the family Selenopidae. Selenops spiders have been sighted 56 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Selenops includes 8 countries and 2 states in the United States. Selenops is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Flatties, Moon-eye Spider

Author

Latreille, 1819

Sightings Overview

There have been 56 confirmed sightings of Selenops (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 56 sightings because of certain Selenops sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 4% of the time, Selenops spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 55)
Sex: 0 female and 14 male.
Environment: Selenops has been sighted 32 times outdoors, and 26 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (24). Low foliage (2). High foliage (4). Under rock or debris (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1).

Location and Range

Selenops (Flatties) has been sighted in the following countries: Costa Rica, Iran, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S., Zambia.

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