Symphytognathidae
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| Crassignatha danaugirangensis,female | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931 |
| Diversity | |
| 8 genera,73 species | |
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Symphytognathidaeis a family ofspiderswith 90[1]described species in eight genera. They occur in the tropics ofCentralandSouth Americaand theAustralianregion (withOceania). Exceptions includeAnapistula benoiti,Anapistula caecula,andSymphytognatha imbulunga,found inAfrica,Anapistula ishikawai,found inJapan,andAnapistula jerai,found inSoutheast Asia.[2]
The speciesPatu diguais considered to be one of the smallest spiders in the world with a body size of 0.37 millimetres (0.015 in).[3]
Morphology
[edit]Symphytognathidae are four, six or eight-eyed spiders and are generally small in size. Theopisthosomais covered in long hairs.[4]
Genera
[edit]As of April 2019[update],theWorld Spider Catalogaccepts the following genera:[2]
- AnapistulaGertsch, 1941— Asia, South America, Portugal, Oceania, Africa, North America, Jamaica
- AnapogoniaSimon, 1905— Indonesia
- CrassignathaWunderlich, 1995— Indonesia, Malaysia
- CurimaguaForster & Platnick, 1977— Panama, Venezuela
- GlobignathaBalogh & Loksa, 1968— Brazil, Belize
- IardinisSimon, 1899— Nepal, India
- PatuMarples, 1951— Asia, Colombia, Oceania, Seychelles
- SwildaMiller, Griswold & Yin, 2009— Asia
- SymphytognathaHickman, 1931— Oceania, South America, Caribbean, Mexico, Belize, South Africa
References
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- ^Li, Ya; Li, Shuqiang; Lin, Yucheng (19 November 2021)."Taxonomic study on fourteen symphytognathid species from Asia (Araneae, Symphytognathidae)".ZooKeys(1072): 1–47.doi:10.3897/zookeys.1072.67935.ISSN1313-2989.PMC8626413.PMID34899006.
- ^ab"Family: Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931".World Spider Catalog.Natural History Museum Bern.Retrieved2019-04-25.
- ^Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I. (1977)."A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae)"(PDF).American Museum Novitates(2619): 20.
- ^Schutt, Karin (March 2003)."Phylogeny of Symphytognathidae s.l. (Araneae, Araneoidea)".Zoologica Scripta.32(2): 129–151.doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00103.x.ISSN0300-3256.S2CID84908326.
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