Tengellidae Dahl 1908

Raven, Robert J, 2012, Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders. V. A new lycosoid genus from eastern Australia (Araneae: Tengellidae), Zootaxa 3305, pp. 28-52 : 29

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.280955
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6173800
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E7214F-533D-3F34-FF5D-FC048EE9FAB7
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Tengellidae Dahl 1908
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Family Tengellidae Dahl 1908

Tengellidae Dahl 1908: 194 .

Diagnosis: Tengellids differ from ctenids in having a canoe-shaped tapetum and the eyes in two recurved rows but the ALE are not set high near the eyes of the posterior row. They differ from pisaurids in having a retrocoxal hymen and from lycosids in having a retrolateral tibial apophysis on the male palp.

Distribution: USA, Mexico, Madagascar, Central America, New Zealand, Australia.