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CLUBIONIDAE - Sac Spiders

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The sac spiders of the family Clubionidae have a very confusing taxonomic history. Once, this family was a large catch-all taxon for a disparate collection of spiders, similar only in that they had eight eyes arranged in two rows and conical anterior spinnerets that touched, and were wandering predators that built silken retreats, or sacs, usually on plant terminals, between leaves, under bark, or under rocks. These are now recognized to include several families, some of which are more closely related to the three-clawed spiders, like lynx and wolf spiders, than to Clubionidae and related families.

The remnant Clubionidae now consist of a few over 500 species in 15 genera worldwide. However, "sac spider" used on its own should imply a member of the family Clubionidae, but other common names may use the phrase "sac spider" including:

Anyphaenidae (anyphaenid sac spider)
Corinnidae (corinnid sac spider)
Liocranidae (liocranid sac spider)
Miturgidae (long-legged sac spider)
Tengellidae (merged into Zoropsidae)
Zorocratidae (merged into Zoropsidae)

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Spider identification from photographs should not be definitive in many cases.
For positive identification of many spiders, it is often necessary to examine their copulatory organs under a microscope.

Quote from : Borneo Spiders: A Photographic Field Guide by Joseph K H Koh and Nicky Bay

The gallery images are my Amateurish ID, would be grateful for ID correction.

(Clubiona sp.)[A] ♀
(Clubiona sp.)[A]
♀		 (Clubiona sp.)[A] ♀
(Clubiona sp.)[A]
♀		 (Clubiona sp.)[B] ♀
(Clubiona sp.)[B]
♀		 (Clubiona sp.)[C] ♀
(Clubiona sp.)[C]
♀
(Nustidia borneensis) ♂
(Nustidia borneensis) ♂		 (Pristidia sp.)[A] ♀
(Pristidia sp.)[A]
♀		 (Pristidia sp.)[B] ♂
(Pristidia sp.)[B]
♂		 (Pristidia sp.)[B] ♀
(Pristidia sp.)[B]
♀
(Pristidia sp.)[C] ♀
(Pristidia sp.)[C]
♀		 (Pristidia sp.)[D] ♀
(Pristidia sp.)[D]
♀		 (Pristidia sp.)[E] ♀
(Pristidia sp.)[E]
♀

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