Symphytognathidae
| Dwarf orb-weavers | |
|---|---|
| Crassignatha danaugirangensis , female | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931 |
| Diversity | |
| 8 genera, 73 species | |
Symphytognathidae is a family of spiders with 90[1] described species in eight genera. They occur in the tropics of Central and South America and the Australian region (with Oceania). Exceptions include Anapistula benoiti , Anapistula caecula , and Symphytognatha imbulunga , found in Africa, Anapistula ishikawai , found in Japan, and Anapistula jerai , found in Southeast Asia.[2]
The species Patu digua is 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. The opisthosoma is covered in long hairs.[4]
Genera
[edit ]As of April 2019[update] , the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[2]
- Anapistula Gertsch, 1941 — Asia, South America, Portugal, Oceania, Africa, North America, Jamaica
- Anapogonia Simon, 1905 — Indonesia
- Crassignatha Wunderlich, 1995 — Indonesia, Malaysia
- Curimagua Forster & Platnick, 1977 — Panama, Venezuela
- Globignatha Balogh & Loksa, 1968 — Brazil, Belize
- Iardinis Simon, 1899 — Nepal, India
- Patu Marples, 1951 — Asia, Colombia, Oceania, Seychelles
- Swilda Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 — Asia
- Symphytognatha Hickman, 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 . ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 8626413 . PMID 34899006.
- ^ a b "Family: Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019年04月25日.
- ^ 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 . ISSN 0300-3256. S2CID 84908326.
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