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Taxonomy

The order name Araneae derives from Latin aranea borrowing Ancient Greek ἀράχνη arákhnē from ἀράχνης arákhnēs.

Spiders are divided into two suborders, Mesothelae and Opisthothelae, of which the latter contains two infraorders, Mygalomorphae and Araneomorphae. Some 50,356 living species of spiders (order Araneae) have been identified, grouped into 132 families and 4,280 genera by arachnologists in 2022.