List of trapdoor spiders

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rdf:langString Trapdoor spider is a common name that is used to refer to various spiders from several different groups that create burrows with a silk-hinged trapdoor to help them ambush prey. Several families within the infraorder Mygalomorphae contain trapdoor spiders: * Actinopodidae, a family otherwise known as 'mouse-spiders', in South America and Australia * Antrodiaetidae, a family of 'folding trapdoor spiders' from the USA and Japan * Barychelidae, a family of 'brush-footed trapdoor spiders' with pantropical distribution * Ctenizidae, a family of 'cork-lid trapdoor spiders' in tropical and subtropical regions * Cyrtaucheniidae, a family of 'wafer-lid trapdoor spiders, with wide distribution except cooler regions * Euctenizidae, a family of spiders that make wafer-like or cork-like trapdoors * Halonoproctidae, a family of spiders that make wafer-like or cork-like trapdoors and includes the phragmotic genus Cyclocosmia * Idiopidae, a family of 'spurred-trapdoor spiders' or 'armoured trapdoors' mostly in Southern Hemisphere * Migidae, also known as 'ridge fanged trapdoor spiders' or 'tree trapdoor spiders', in the Southern Hemisphere * Nemesiidae, a family of 'tube trapdoor spiders', with both tropical and temperate species worldwide * Theraphosidae, a family of tarantulas (where just a few species make trapdoors), also with wide distribution There is also one family of trapdoor spiders in the suborder Mesothelae: * Liphistiidae, an unusual and unique family of spiders with armoured abdomens from Southeast Asia, China and JapanThis article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names).