Family Hahniidae Bertkau, 1878

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Spinnerets in one row as fig.

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- Different

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Anterior median eyes larger (or equal in size) than posterior median eyes; posterior median eyes normally developed; clypeus smaller (or equal in size) than the diameter of anterior median eyes; opisthosoma with stridulatory organ anterior to epigastric furrow; tracheal opening in the middle between epigastric furrow and spinnerets; male pedipalp femur with robust apophysis

Antistea

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Anterior median eyes or posterior median eyes clearly reduced in size and pigmentation or clypeus higher than two diameters of the anterior lateral eyes; opisthosoma without stridulatory organ; tracheal opening closer to the spinnerets; male pedipalp femur without robust apophysis; habitus as fig.

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Femora with one spine, male pedipalp with median apophysis, epigyne with  central fovea, sometimes inconspicuous, most species have 8 eyes, a few reduced some or all eyes (several species throughout Europe)

Hahnia
(incl. Iberina in part., Hahniharmia)

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Femora without spine, male pedipalp without median apophysis, epigyne without central fovea, eyes completely reduced (cave species in the Pyrenees), see also Hahnia

Iberina

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Embolus long, bent, reaching the beginning of tibia; epigyne with long, irregular entrance ducts

Tuberta

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Different

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Anterior median eyes strongly reduced, easy to overlook, looks six-eyed (one species from Montenegro)

Cryphoecina

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Anterior median eyes smaller than the other eyes but well visible

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Prosoma with indistinct bands, male pedipalp with small, tapering median apophysis (several species in Europe)

Cryphoeca

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Prosoma with broad central and lateral bands, male pedipalp with reduced median apophysis (one species in the Pyrenees)

Dirksia

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