Mesothelae
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun[edit]
Mesothelae
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Araneae – certain spiders that retain ancestral characteristics, such as a segmented abdomen with spinnerets in the middle, and are found only in China, Japan and southeast Asia.
Usage notes[edit]
Thought to form the sister group to all other living spiders.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Araneae - order
Hyponyms[edit]
- (suborder): Liphistiidae (sole extant family)
- †Arthrolycosidae, †Arthromygalidae, †Burmathelidae, †Cretaceothelidae, †Eomesothelidae, †Parvithelidae, †Pyritaraneidae (extinct families)
- †Palaeothele (extinct genus, incertae sedis)
References[edit]
Mesothelae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Mesothelae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Mesothelae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
