Mesothelae
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
Mesothelae
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Araneae – certain spiders that retain ancestral characteristics, such as a segmented abdomen with spinnerets in the middle, and are found only in China, Japan and southeast Asia.
Usage notes edit
Thought to form the sister group to all other living spiders.
Hypernyms edit
- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Araneae - order
Hyponyms edit
- (suborder): Liphistiidae (sole extant family)
- †Arthrolycosidae, †Arthromygalidae, †Burmathelidae, †Cretaceothelidae, †Eomesothelidae, †Parvithelidae, †Pyritaraneidae (extinct families)
- †Palaeothele (extinct genus, incertae sedis)
References edit
Mesothelae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Mesothelae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Mesothelae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
