- Oecobiidae
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Wall spiders 
Uroctea durandi Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Suborder: Araneomorphae Superfamily: Eresoidea Family: Oecobiidae
Blackwall, 1862Genera See text
Diversity 6 genera, 102 species 
The spider family Oecobiidae (also called Disc web spiders) consists of about 100 species.
They are rather small (about 2 cm); some of them build tiny webs close to the ceiling in people's homes. The first two pairs of legs point forward then curve backwards.
The species Oecobium navus occurs around the world.
While the genus Oecobius is cribellate, the genus Uroctea is ecribellate.
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Genera
- Oecobius Lucas, 1846 (Cosmopolitan)
- Paroecobius Lamoral, 1981 (Africa)
- Platoecobius Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 (USA)
- Uroctea Dufour, 1820 (Mediterranean, Africa, Asia)
- Urocteana Roewer, 1961 (Senegal)
- Uroecobius Kullmann & Zimmermann, 1976 (South Africa)
See also
- List of Oecobiidae species
- Spider families
References
- Huber, B.A. (1994): Spermophore morphology reveals a new synapomorphy of Oecobius and Uroctea (Araneae, Oecobiidae). Journal of Arachnology 22: 73-74. PDF
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