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]
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| Mysmena wawuensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928 |
| Diversity | |
| 17 genera, 188 species | |
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Distribution
editSpecies occur in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, New Guinea and several islands.
Genera
editAs of August 2023[update], 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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 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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