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Achaearanea
	Achaearanea lunata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Achaearanea; Strand, 1929
Species
	A. japonica; A. mundula; A. porteri; A. protectivulva; A. ryukyu; many more
Diversity
	c. 150 species
Synonyms
	Achaea

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Achaearanea is a genus of spiders in the Theridiidae (tangle web spider) family.

Taxonomy

This genus used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus Parasteatoda in 2006. A. veruculata was moved to genus Cryptachaea in 2008.^[1]

Description

This genus includes small and large theriids. The legs are medium long, with spines and usually many hairs. Their web is an irregular network of threads, usually in a sheltered place.^[2]

Distribution

Species are found around the world, with several species from South America, China and Korea, India, Australia and Africa. Some species are endemic to several small islands.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Platnick 2009
^ Fitch 1963

References

Fitch, Henry S. (1963): Spiders of The University of Kansas Natural History Reservation and Rockefeller Experimental Tract.
Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.

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-''[[Achaearanea porteri|A. porteri]]''<br />
-''[[Achaearanea mundula|A. mundula]]''<br />
 ''[[Achaearanea japonica|A. japonica]]''<br />
-''[[Achaearanea japonica|A. lunata]]''<br />
+''[[Achaearanea mundula|A. mundula]]''<br />
+''[[Achaearanea porteri|A. porteri]]''<br />
 ''[[Achaearanea protectivulva|A. protectivulva]]''<br />
 ''[[Achaearanea ryukyu|A. ryukyu]]''<br />