Dysderidae

Dysderidae; Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Dysdera erythrina, female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Dysderidae; C. L. Koch, 1837
Diversity
	24 genera, 625 species

Dysderidae, also known as woodlouse hunters, sowbug-eating spiders, and cell spiders, is a family of

Dysdera crocata is introduced into many regions of the world.^[2]

Dysderids have six eyes, and are

The spiders have their six eyes arranged in a semicircle like segestrids, but have only the first two pairs of legs produced forward. Dysdera crocata has a characteristic coloring, which can only be confused with spiders in the trachelid genera Trachelas and Meriola: the carapace is dull red-brown and the abdomen gray or tan.

Genera

The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. As of April 2019^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:^[2]

^ Koch, C. L. (1837). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems (in German).
^ ^a ^b "Family: Dysderidae C. L. Koch, 1837". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-20.