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Mysmenidae

Summary

Mysmenidae is a spider family with about 180 described species in seventeen 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.[1]

Spurred orb-weavers
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Mysmena wawuensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Mysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Diversity
17 genera, 188 species

Distribution edit

Species occur in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, New Guinea and several islands.

Genera edit

As of August 2023, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[2]

  • Brasilionata Wunderlich, 1995 — Brazil
  • Chanea Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 — China
  • Chimena Lin & Li, 2022 — China, Taiwan
  • Drungena Lin & S. Li, 2023 — China
  • Gaoligonga Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 — China, Vietnam
  • Isela Griswold, 1985 — Kenya, South Africa
  • Maymena Gertsch, 1960 — North America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Central America, Peru
  • Mengmena Lin & Li, 2022 — China
  • Microdipoena Banks, 1895 — Africa, United States, Paraguay, Asia, Oceania
  • Mosu Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 — China
  • Mysmena Simon, 1894 — Oceania, Asia, Caribbean, North America, Algeria, Spain, South America, Panama
  • Mysmeniola Thaler, 1995 — Venezuela
  • Mysmenopsis Simon, 1898 — South America, Caribbean, North America, Central America
  • Phricotelus Simon, 1895 — Sri Lanka, China
  • Simaoa Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009
  • Trogloneta Simon, 1922 — Brazil, Asia, United States
  • Yamaneta Miller & Lin, 2019 — China

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Family: Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  • 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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