Microstigmatidae
Microstigmatidae is a small family of spiders with about 25 described species in eight genera. They are small ground-dwelling and free-living spiders that make little use of silk.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Microstigmatidae Roewer, 1942 |
Diversity | |
8 genera, 24 species | |
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The family was removed from the family Dipluridae in 1981.[2] The subfamily Pseudonemesiinae from the family Ctenizidae was also transferred into the Microstigmatidae.[3]
Species
As of April 2019, the World Spider Catalog recognized the following genera and species:[4]
- Envia Ott and Höfer, 2003
- Envia garciai Ott and Höfer, 2003 – Brazil
- Envia moleque Miglio & Bonaldo, 2011 – Brazil
- Micromygale Platnick & Forster, 1982
- Micromygale diblemma Platnick & Forster, 1982 — Panama
- Microstigmata Strand, 1932 — South Africa
- Microstigmata amatola Griswold, 1985
- Microstigmata geophila (Hewitt, 1916)
- Microstigmata lawrencei Griswold, 1985
- Microstigmata longipes (Lawrence, 1938)
- Microstigmata ukhahlamba Griswold, 1985
- Microstigmata zuluensis (Lawrence, 1938)
- Ministigmata Raven & Platnick, 1981
- Ministigmata minuta Raven & Platnick, 1981 — Brazil
- Pseudonemesia Caporiacco,
- Pseudonemesia kochalkai Raven & Platnick, 1981 — Colombia
- Pseudonemesia parva Caporiacco, 1955 — Venezuela
- Pseudonemesia tabiskey Indicatti & Villareal M., 2016 — Venezuela
- Spelocteniza Gertsch, 1982
- Spelocteniza ashmolei Gertsch, 1982 — Ecuador
- Tonton Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019
- Tonton emboaba (Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015) – Brazil
- Tonton ipiau Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
- Tonton itabirito Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 (type species) – Brazil
- Tonton matodentro Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
- Tonton queca Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
- Tonton quiteria Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
- Tonton sapalo Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
- Xenonemesia Goloboff, 1989
- Xenonemesia araucaria Indicatti et al., 2008 — Brazil
- Xenonemesia otti Indicatti, Lucas & Brescovit, 2007 — Brazil
- Xenonemesia platensis Goloboff, 1989 — Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
References
- Roewer, C. F. (1942). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia).
- Raven, R. J.; Platnick, N. I. (1981). "A revision of the American spiders of the family Microstigmatidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)". American Museum Novitates. 2707.
- Passanha, V.; Cizauskas, I.; Brescovit, A. D. (2019). "A new genus of Micromygalinae (Araneae, Microstigmatidae) from Brazil, with transfer of Masteria emboaba Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015 and description of six new species". ZooKeys (814): 1–32. doi:10.3897/zookeys.814.29906. PMC 6333731. PMID 30651710.
- "Family Microstigmatidae Roewer, 1942", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2019-04-12
- Ott, R. & Höfer, H. (2003). Envia garciai, a new genus and species of mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Microstigmatidae) from Brazilian Amazonia. - Iheringia 93: 373-379. PDF
- Indicatti, Rafael P.; Lucas, Sylvia M.; Ott, Ricardo & Brescovit, Antonio D. (2008): Litter dwelling mygalomorph spiders (Araneae: Microstigmatidae, Nemesiidae) from Araucaria forests in southern Brazil, with the description of five new species. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25(3): 529-546.
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