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. 2008 Sep 15;105(38):14283–14287. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0806840105

Table 1.

Small molecules detected in spider venoms organized by family

Family Species Small molecules Family Species Small molecules
Agelenidae Agelena gracilens Philodromidae Thanatus striatus e
Agelena labyrinthica i Pisauridae Dolomedes tenebrosus b,d,e,
Agelena orientalis i Dolomedes gertschi b,d,e
Agelenopsis aperta (21, 22) d,i Pisaura mirabilis b,e
Agelenopsis pennsylvania Plectreuridae Plectreurys tristis (23) e
Benoitia tadzhika Salticidae Phidippus ardenus
Calilena sp. Phidippus johnsoni
Hololena curta (6, 21) d,h Phidippus sp. d,f
Loxosceles arizonica h Scytodidae Scytodes fusca
Loxosceles deserta h Segestriidae Ariadna sp. c,d
Loxosceles reclusa h Sparassidae Delena cancerides d,e,g,i
Tegenaria agrestis (5) d,h Eusparassus oculatus a,b,e,f,g,i
Tegenaria domestica b,d,g,i Holconia flindersi b,d,e
Amaurobiidae Coelotes pastoralis d, h Isopedella canberrensus d,e
Paracoelotes birulai (21) d,i Isopedella leai b,d
Araneidae Aculepeira sp. d,i Micrommata virescens virvirescens a,ed
Araneus diadematus c,d,e Neosparassus diana b,d,e
Araneus sp. e Olios sp. e
Araneus tartaricus d,e Theraphosidae Aphonopelma seemani a,b,d,i
Argiope lobata Aphonopelma sp. b,d,i
Eriophora edax d.e Avicularia avicularis b,e,i
Larinioides cornutus d,e,i Ceratogyrus marshalli (cornuatus) b,d,g
Larinioides sp. e,i Chilobrachys sp. a,d,i
Clubionidae Cheiracanthium punctorium     punctorium Citharischius crawshayi d,e
Cyrtaucheniidae Anemesia incana e Haplopelma albostriatum a,d,e,i
Dipluridae Phyxioshema sp. Haplopelma lividum a,d,e,f,i
Dysderidae Dysdera sp. Heteroscodra maculata B
Eresidae Eresus sp. e Ornithoctonus huwena a,b,d,e
Stegodyphus sp. e Phormictopus cancerides b,d
Filistatidae Kukulcania sp. b Psalmopoeus cambridgei b,d,g
Gnaphosidae Drassodes sp. e Selenocosmia hainana a,b,d,e,i
Hexathelidae Macrothele sp. (24) b,i Theridiidae Latrodectus tadzhicus i
Lycosidae Rabidosa sp. d,e Steatoda giorra
Hogna sp. d,e,i Steatoda paykulliana b,e,i
Lycosa proegrandis d,e,f Thomisidae Misumena vatia b,d,i
Nemesiidae Raveniola micrura b,d,e,g,i Thomisus onustsus b,i
Oecobiidae Urotea sp. Titanoecidae Titanoeca sp. d,e
Oxyopidae Peucetia viridans e,i Zodariidae Lashesana sp. b,d,e
Palpimanidae Palpimanus sp. d

a, acetyl choline; b, γ-aminobutyric acid; c, choline; d, citric acid; e, glutamic acid; f, histamine; g, octopamine; h, sulfated nucleosides; I, other nucleosides.