| Agroeca brunnea | |
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| A. brunnea, adult male | |
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| A. brunnea, adult female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Liocranidae |
| Genus: | Agroeca |
| Species: | A. brunnea
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| Binomial name | |
| Agroeca brunnea Blackwall, 1833
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Agroeca brunnea is a species of spider in the family Liocranidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm and was first described by John Blackwall in 1833.[1]
The distinctive egg sacs are known colloquially as 'fairy lamps'[2] and the spider itself is sometimes called the 'fairy lamp spider'.[3]
- ^ Platnick, Norman I. (10 December 2011). "Fam. Liocranidae". The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5. New York, NY, USA: American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ^ Wolff, Jonas O.; Gorb, Stanislav N. (2012-09-01). "Comparative morphology of pretarsal scopulae in eleven spider families". Arthropod Structure & Development. 41 (5): 419–433. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2012.04.004. ISSN 1467-8039.
- ^ "Agroeca brunnea (Blackwall, 1833) | ArachnoPhoto". www.arachnophoto.com. Retrieved 2020-09-25.