Mysmenidae
| Mysmenidae | |
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| Mysmena wawuensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928 |
| Genera | |
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 13 genera, 135 species | |
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Mysmenidae is a spider family with about 135 described species in around 13 genera. The family is one of the least well known of the orb-weaving spiders because of their small size (0.76 to 3 mm (0.03 to 0.12 in)) and cryptic behaviour. These spiders are found in humid habitats such as among leaf litter and in caves.[2]
Distribution
Species occur in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, New Guinea and several islands.
Genera
As of November 2015, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera:[3]
- Brasilionata Wunderlich, 1995 (Brazil)
- Chanea Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009
- Gaoligonga Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009
- Isela Griswold, 1985 (South Africa)
- Maymena Gertsch, 1960 (Central to South America)
- Microdipoena Banks, 1895 (USA to Paraguay, Africa)
- Mosu Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009
- Mysmena Simon, 1894 (Europe, Asia, Oceania)
- Mysmeniola Thaler, 1995 (Venezuela)
- Mysmenopsis Simon, 1897 (USA to Peru)
- Phricotelus Simon, 1895 (Sri Lanka)
- Simaoa Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009
- Trogloneta Simon, 1922 (USA, Europe, Canary Islands)
See also
References
- ↑ "Currently valid spider genera and species", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2015-11-08
- ↑ Lin, Yucheng; Li, Shuqiang (12 May 2013). "Two new species of the genera Mysmena and Trogloneta (Mysmenidae,Araneae) from Southwestern China" (PDF). ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ↑ "Family: Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2015-11-08
- Coyle F.A., Meigs T.E. (1989). "Two new species of kleptoparasitic Mysmenopsis (Araneae, Mysmenidae) from Jamaica" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 17 (1): 59–70.
- Coyle F.A., O'Shields T.C. Perlmutter D.G. (1991). "Observations on the behaviour of the kleptoparasitic spider, Mysmenopsis furtiva (Araneae, Mysmenidae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 19 (1): 62–6.
- Hajer J, Reháková D (2003). "Spinning activity of the spider Trogloneta granulum (Araneae, Mysmenidae): web, cocoon, cocoon handling behaviour, draglines and attachment discs". Zoology (Jena). 106 (3): 223–31. doi:10.1078/0944-2006-00117. PMID 16351906.
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