amaurobioid

English

Noun

amaurobioid (plural amaurobioids)

1. (zoology) Any spider of the superfamily Amaurobioidea.
   • 2001, Diana Silva, A phylogenetic approach to the classification and diversity of ctenid spiders (Araneae : Ctenidae) with a taxonomic revision of the Malagasy genera:

     Amaurobioids are characterized by slender unbranched tracheal tubes, while dictynoids should have at least the median tracheae strongly branched.