Mysmenidae
Encyclopedia
The Mysmenidae are a spider
family with almost 100 described species in more than twenty genera.
, Africa
, Asia
, Europe
, New Guinea
and several islands.
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
family with almost 100 described species in more than twenty genera.
Distribution
Species occur in the AmericasAmericas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
and several islands.
Genera
- Acrobleps Hickman, 1979 (Tasmania)
- Anjouanella Baert, 1986 (Comoro Islands)
- Brasilionata Wunderlich, 1995 (Brazil)
- Calodipoena GertschWillis J. GertschWillis John Gertsch was an American arachnologist. He classified a number of species, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider....
& Davis, 1936 (Central America, Caribic, Algeria) - Calomyspoena Baert & Maelfait, 1983 (Galapagos)
- Crassignatha Wunderlich, 1995 (Malaysia)
- Iardinis SimonEugène SimonEugène Simon was a French arachnologist. His many taxonomic contributions include categorizing and naming many spiders, as well as creating genera such as Anelosimus, Psellocoptus and Phlogius....
, 1899 (Nepal, India) - Isela Griswold, 1985 (South Africa)
- Itapua Baert, 1984 (Paraguay)
- Kekenboschiella Baert, 1982 (New Guinea)
- Kilifina Baert & Murphy, 1992 (Kenya)
- Leviola Miller, 1970 (Angola)
- Maymena Gertsch, 1960 (Central to South America)
- Microdipoena Banks, 1895 (USA to Paraguay, Africa)
- Mysmena Simon, 1894 (Mediterranean, Oceania)
- Mysmenella Brignoli, 1980 (Palearctic, Africa, Oceania)
- Mysmeniola Thaler, 1995 (Venezuela)
- MysmenopsisMysmenopsisMysmenopsis is a kleptoparasitic genus of tiny tropical and subtropical American spiders in the family Mysmenidae. Most live in the funnelwebs of spiders in the family Dipluridae. M. archeri lives on webs of a species in the family Pholcidae, M. capae and M. cienga have been observed living in...
Simon, 1897 (USA to Peru) - Phricotelus Simon, 1895 (Sri Lanka)
- Tamasesia Marples, 1955 (Samoa, New Caledonia)
- Taphiassa Simon, 1880 (New Caledonia)
- Trogloneta Simon, 1922 (USA, Europe, Canary Islands)