Corinnidae

Corinnid sac spiders Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Copa flavoplumosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Corinnidae Karsch, 1880
Diversity
71 genera, 800 species

Corinnidae is a family of araneomorph spiders, sometimes called corinnid sac spiders. The family, like other "clubionoid" families, has a confusing taxonomic history. Once it was a part of the large catch-all taxon Clubionidae, now very much smaller.

The original members of the family are apparently similar only in that they have eight eyes arranged in two rows, conical anterior spinnerets that touch and are generally wandering predators that build silken retreats, or sacs, usually on plant terminals, between leaves, under bark or under rocks.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2014, Martín Ramírez recognized the family in a restricted sense, including only the subfamilies Corinninae and Castianeirinae. ^[1] Two former subfamilies of the Corinnidae are now treated as separate families, Phrurolithidae and Trachelidae. As now recognized, Corinnidae contains 71 genera and over 800 species worldwide. ^[2]

Members of the genus Castianeira appear to be mimics of ants and velvet ants. Other corinnid ant-like genera include Mazax, Myrmecium and Myrmecotypus. Corinna is the type genus for the family and consists of small running spiders.^{[ citation needed ]}

Genera

Main article: List of Corinnidae species

As of July 2021 ^[update] , the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: ^[2]

• Abapeba Bonaldo, 2000 — South America, Panama, Caribbean, Mexico
• Aetius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 — Asia, Côte d'Ivoire
• Allomedmassa Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2014 — Malaysia, Thailand, China
• Apochinomma Pavesi, 1881 — South America, Africa, Asia
• Arushina Caporiacco, 1947 — Tanzania
• Attacobius Mello-Leitão, 1925 — Brazil, Argentina
• Austrophaea Lawrence, 1952 — South Africa
• Battalus Karsch, 1878 — Australia
• Brachyphaea Simon, 1895 — Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique
• Cambalida Simon, 1910 — Africa, India
• Castianeira Keyserling, 1879 — Central America, Asia, North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Cuba
• Castoponera Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 — Indonesia, Malaysia
• Coenoptychus Simon, 1885 — Africa, Asia
• Copa Simon, 1886 — Sri Lanka, Africa, Australia
• Copuetta Haddad, 2013 — Africa
• Corinna C. L. Koch, 1841 — Caribbean, South America, Africa, Papua New Guinea, Mexico, Central America, Pakistan
• Corinnomma Karsch, 1880 — Asia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Africa
• Creugas Thorell, 1878 — Mexico, South America, Myanmar, Australia, Central America
• Crinopseudoa Jocqué & Bosselaers, 2011 — Guinea, Liberia
• Cycais Thorell, 1877 — Indonesia, Japan
• Disnyssus Raven, 2015 — Australia
• Echinax Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 — Asia, Africa
• Ecitocobius Bonaldo & Brescovit, 1998 — Brazil
• Erendira Bonaldo, 2000 — Venezuela, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Falconina Brignoli, 1985 — South America, Panama, Cuba, United States
• Fluctus Jin & Zhang, 2020 — China
• Graptartia Simon, 1896 — Morocco, Algeria
• Griswoldella Haddad, 2021 — Madagascar
• Hortipes Bosselaers & Ledoux, 1998 — Africa
• Humua Ono, 1987 — Japan
• Ianduba Bonaldo, 1997 — Brazil, Argentina
• Iridonyssus Raven, 2015 — Australia
• Kolora Raven, 2015 — Australia
• Leichhardteus Raven & Baehr, 2013 — Australia
• Leptopicia Raven, 2015 — Australia
• Mandaneta Strand, 1932 — Ghana, Congo
• Mazax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 — North America, Jamaica, Central America, Argentina
• Medmassa Simon, 1887 — Asia, Oceania
• Megalostrata Karsch, 1880 — Cuba, Mexico, Panama
• Melanesotypus Raven, 2015 — Solomon Is.
• Merenius Simon, 1910 — Africa, Yemen
• Messapus Simon, 1898 — Africa
• Methesis Simon, 1896 — South America
• Myrmecium Latreille, 1824 — South America, Trinidad
• Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 — North America, Argentina, Central America
• Nucastia Raven, 2015 — Australia
• Nyssus Walckenaer, 1805 — Australia, New Zealand, Fiji
• Olbus Simon, 1880 — Chile
• Ozcopa Raven, 2015 — Australia
• Parachemmis Chickering, 1937 — Panama, South America
• Paradiestus Mello-Leitão, 1915 — Brazil
• Paramedmassa Jin, H. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2019 — Thailand, Laos, China
• Poecilipta Simon, 1897 — Australia
• Pranburia Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993 — Asia
• Procopius Thorell, 1899 — Africa
• Pronophaea Simon, 1897 — South Africa
• Psellocoptus Simon, 1896 — Venezuela
• Pseudocorinna Simon, 1910 — Africa
• Scorteccia Caporiacco, 1936 — Libya
• Septentrinna Bonaldo, 2000 — United States, Mexico, Guatemala
• Serendib Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 — Thailand, Indonesia
• Simonestus Bonaldo, 2000 — South America, Central America, Mexico
• Sphecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 — Asia, Nicaragua, Brazil
• Spinirta Jin & Zhang, 2020 — China
• Stethorrhagus Simon, 1896 — South America
• Tapixaua Bonaldo, 2000 — Brazil, Peru
• Ticopa Raven, 2015 — Australia
• Tupirinna Bonaldo, 2000 — Brazil, Venezuela, Panama
• Vendaphaea Haddad, 2009 — South Africa
• Wasaka Haddad, 2013 — Africa
• Xeropigo O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 — South America, Trinidad, United States

See also

• List of Corinnidae species

References

1. Ramírez, Martín J. (2014). The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. hdl:2246/6537 . Retrieved 2021-01-15.
2. "Family: Corinnidae Karsch, 1880". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-22.