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The sensing web weaver guild. Family: Antrodiaetidae (foldingdoor spiders) ; Family: Atypidae (purseweb spiders) ; Family: Euctenizidae (waferlid trapdoor spiders) ; Family: Halonoproctidae (corklid trapdoor spiders) ; Family: Nemesiidae (velveteen tarantulas) ; Family: Theraphosidae (tarantulas) ; Family: Filistatidae (crevice weavers) ; Family: Hersiliidae (longspinneret spiders) ; Family: Oecobiidae (flatmesh weavers) ; Family: Segestriidae (tunnel spiders)

The sheet web weaver guild. Family: Euagridae (American funnelweb spiders) ; Family: Hexurellidae (dwarf funnelweb spiders) ; Family: Megahexuridae (ravine funnelweb spiders) ; Family: Microhexuridae (tiny funnelweb spiders) ; Family: Agelenidae (funnel weaver) ; Family: Amaurobiidae (hackledmesh weavers) ; Family: Cybaeidae (soft spiders) ; Family: Desidae (saltwater spiders) ; Family: Hahniidae (combtail spiders) ; Family: Linyphiidae (dwarf sheetweb weavers and sheetweb weavers) ; Family: Ochyroceratidae (tiny ground weavers) ; Family; Pimoidae (large hammockweb spiders) ; Family: Telemidae (longlegged cave spiders)

The orb web weaver guild. Family: Anapidae (ground orbweavers) ; Family: Araneidae (orbweavers) ; Family: Symphytognathidae (dwarf orbweavers) ; Family: Tetragnathidae (longjawed orbweavers) ; Family: Theridiosomatidae (ray orbweavers) ; Family: Uloboridae (hackled orbweavers)

The space web weaver guild. Family: Dictynidae (meshweavers) ; Family: Diguetidae (desertshrub spiders) ; Family: Hypochilidae (lampshade weavers) ; Family: Leptonetidae (tiny cave spiders) ; Family: Mysmenidae (dwarf cobweb weavers) ; Family: Nesticidae (cave cobweb spiders) ; Family: Pholcidae (cellar spiders or daddylongleg spiders) ; Family: Theridiidae (cobweb weavers) ; Family: Titanoecidae (rock weavers) ; Family: Trogloraptoridae (longclawed cave spiders)

The ambush hunter guild. Family: Deinopidae (netcasting spiders) ; Family: Selenopidae (flatties) ; Family: Sicariidae (sixeyed brown spiders) ; Family: Thomisidae (crab spiders)

The ground active hunter guild. Family: Corinnidae (antlike runners) ; Family: Dysderidae (woodlouse spiders) ; Family: Gnaphosidae (stealthy ground spiders) ; Family: Homalonychidae (dusty desert spiders) ; Family: Liocranidae (spinylegged sac spiders) ; Family: Lycosidae (wolf spiders) ; Family: Myrmecicultoridae (antcolony spiders) ; Family: Oonopidae (goblin spiders) ; Family: Phrurolithidae (dwarf antrunner spiders) ; Family: Plectreuridae (spurlipped spiders) ; Family: Trachelidae (cuspuled spiders) ; Family: Zodariidae (igloo spiders)

The other active hunter guild. Family: Anyphaenidae (ghost spiders) ; Family: Cheiracanthiidae (yellow sac spiders) ; Family: Clubionidae (sac spiders) ; Family: Ctenidae (wandering spiders) ; Family: Miturgidae (prowling spiders) ; Family: Oxyopidae (lynx spiders) ; Family: Philodromidae (running crab spiders) ; Family: Pisauridae (nurseryweb spiders) ; Family: Salticidae (jumping spiders) ; Family: Scytodidae (spitting spiders) ; Family: Sparassidae (giant crab spiders) ; Family: Trechaleidae (longlegged water spiders) ; Family: Zoropsidae (false wolf spiders)

The spider hunter guild. Family: Caponiidae (bright lungless spiders) ; Family: Cithaeronidae (running spider hunters) ; Family: Mimetidae (pirate spiders)

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