PLE on tubercles, prosoma as fig.; opisthosoma plump, dorsally with humps; colouration variable, mostly reddish brown to black; builds triangular webs in spruce forests

Hyptiotes

PLE not on prominent  tubercles; builds orb webs

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Width or anterior eye row less than half of maximal prosoma width, shape of prosoma with projecting ocular area as figure, opisthosoma elongated; colouration whitish grey, fluffy haired; builds small orb webs

Uloborus

Width or anterior eye row half of maximal prosoma width or more, ocular area less projecting

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Distance ALE – PLE about distance PLE - PME

Octonoba

Distance ALE – PLE double the distance PLE – PME, cymbium with two stout distal macrosetae; female opisthosoma with long conical protuberance; epigyne with midventral posterior projection, builds vertical orb webs

Polenecia