Microstigmatidae
| Microstigmatidae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Microstigmatidae Roewer,1942 |
| Diversity | |
| 11 genera | |
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Microstigmatidaeis a small family ofspiderswith about 38 described species in eleven genera. They are small ground-dwelling and free-living spiders that make little use of silk.[1]
The family was removed from the familyDipluridaein 1981.[2]The subfamilyPseudonemesiinaefrom the familyCtenizidaewas also transferred into the Microstigmatidae.[3]
Genera
[edit]As of March 2022[update],theWorld Spider Catalogrecognized the following genera:[4]
- AngkaRaven & Schwendinger, 1995
- EnviaOtt & Höfer, 2003
- IxamatusSimon, 1887
- KiamaMain & Mascord, 1969
- MicromygalePlatnick & Forster, 1982
- MicrostigmataStrand, 1932
- MinistigmataRaven & Platnick, 1981
- PseudonemesiaCaporiacco, 1955
- SpeloctenizaGertsch, 1982
- TontonPassanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019
- XamiatusRaven, 1981
References
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Notes
[edit]- ^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.Bibcode:2019ZooK..814....1P.doi:10.3897/zookeys.814.29906.PMC6333731.PMID30651710.
- ^"Family: Microstigmatidae Roewer, 1942",World Spider Catalog,Natural History Museum Bern,retrieved2020-07-11
Bibliography
[edit]- Ott, R. & Höfer, H. (2003).Envia garciai,a new genus and species of mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Microstigmatidae) from Brazilian Amazonia. -Iheringia93:373–379.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 Zoologia25(3): 529–546.
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