Entelegynae

Entelegynae Temporal range: Jurassic–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Underside of Araneus diadematus showing epigynum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Clade:	Entelegynae Simon, 1893
Families
Unnamed clade Nicodamoidea Megadictynidae Nicodamidae Araneoidea (17 families) Unnamed clade Uloboridae Oecobioidea Oecobiidae Hersiliidae Deinopidae Titanoecidae RTA clade (31 families) Incertae sedis: Eresidae

The Entelegynae or entelegynes are a subgroup of araneomorph spiders, the largest of the two main groups into which the araneomorphs were traditionally divided. Females have a genital plate (epigynum) and a "flow through" fertilization system; males have complex palpal bulbs. Molecular phylogenetic studies have supported the monophyly of Entelegynae (whereas the other traditional subgroup, the Haplogynae, has been shown not to be monophyletic).^[1]

The clade contains both cribellate and ecribellate spiders.