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Taxon: Superfamily Araneoidea Clerck, 1757 (spider)
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[Phylum] [Arthropoda] Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
   Chelicerata Heymons, 1901
     Euchelicerata Weygoldt & Paulus, 1979
       Pantetrapulmonata Shultz, 2007
         [Order] Araneida Clerck, 1757 - spiders
           [Suborder] Araneae Clerck, 1757 - tailless spiders
             [Infraorder] Opisthothelae Pocock, 1892 - unsegmented spiders
               Araneomorphae Smith, 1902
                 CY Spigot Clade Wheeler et al., 2017
                   Entelegynae Simon, 1893
                     Superfamily Araneoidea Clerck, 1757
                       01 Genus †Mesarania Hong, 1984
                       02 Family †Megasetidae Wunderlich, 2021 [monotypic]
                       03 Family †Praetheridiidae Wunderlich, 2004 [monotypic]
                       04 Family †Protheridiidae Wunderlich, 2004 [monotypic]
                       05 Family †Leviunguidae Wunderlich, 2018 [monotypic]
                       06 Family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 - cobweb and widow spiders
                       07 Family Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881
                       08 Family †Cretamysmenidae Wunderlich, 2018 [monotypic]
                       09 Family Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928
                       10 Family †Baltsuccinidae Wunderlich, 2004 [monotypic]
                       11 Family Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931
                       12 Family Anapidae Simon, 1895
                       13 Family †Juraraneidae Eskov, 1984 [monotypic]
                       14 Family †Zarqaraneidae Wunderlich, 2008
                       15 Family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 - orb-weavers
                       16 Family Malkaridae Davies, 1980
                       17 Family Mimetidae Simon, 1881
                       18 Family Arkyidae Koch, 1872
                       19 Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 - orb-weavers
                       20 Family Synotaxidae Simon, 1894
                       21 Family Nesticidae Simon, 1894
                       22 Family Cyatholipidae Simon, 1894
                       23 Family Physoglenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928
                       24 Family Pimoidae Wunderlich, 1986
                       25 Family Pumiliopimoidae Wunderlich, 2008
                       26 Family Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859 - sheet-web spinners

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