Mysmenidae

Mysmenidae
Mysmena wawuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Mysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Genera

See text.

Diversity[1]
13 genera, 135 species

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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Currently valid spider genera and species", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2015-11-08
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "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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