Eumenophorinae Last updated September 30, 2025  Distribution At about 158-160 million years ago (Mya), Gondwana  split up and the Indo-Madagascan plate drifted away from the rest of the super continent. At around 84-86 Mya, India  split from Madagascar and drifted into Eurasia  (66-55 Mya), to its current position. Therefore, all fauna in Gondwana (such as the Eumenophorinae) would be distributed on all three land masses. [ 2]  
Taxonomy The monophyly  of the Eumenophorinae has been confirmed in a number of molecular phylogenetic  studies. However, these have included relatively few of the genera that have been placed in the subfamily at one time or another. A 2014 study included  Anoploscelus    and  Phoneyusa   . [ 3]   A 2018 study included  Hysterocrates   ,  Monocentropus    and  Pelinobius   . [ 4]  
Genera Genera that have been placed in the subfamily Eumenophorinae by various sources include:
 Annandaliella   Hirst, 1909  [ 4]   Anoploscelus   Pocock, 1897  [ 5]   Batesiella   Pocock, 1903  [ 5]   Encyocrates   Simon, 1892  [ 1]   [ 5]   Eumenophorus   Pocock, 1897  [ 1]   [ 5]   Heterophrictus   Pocock, 1900  [ 2]   Heteroscodra   Pocock, 1900  [ 1]   Hysterocrates   Simon, 1892  [ 1]   [ 5]   Loxomphalia   Simon, 1889  [ 1]   [ 5]   Loxoptygus   Simon, 1903  [ 1]   [ 5]   Mascaraneus   Gallon, 2005  [ 6]   Monocentropus   Pocock, 1897  [ 1]   [ 5]   Myostola   Simon, 1903  [ 1]   [ 5]   Neoheterophrictus   Siliwal & Raven, 2012  [ 2]   Pelinobius   Karsch, 1885  (as Citharischius Pocock, 1900 ) [ 1]   [ 5]   Phoneyusa   Karsch, 1884  [ 1]   [ 5]   Plesiophrictus   Pocock, 1899  [ 2]   Sahydroaraneus   Mirza & Sanap, 2014  [ 2]   Stromatopelma   Karsch, 1881  [ 1]  References  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12   Raven, R.J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 182 : 1– 180. hdl :2246/955 .  1  2  3  4  5  6  7   Mirza, Z.A.; Sanap, R.V. & Bhosale, H. (2014). "Preliminary review of Indian Eumenophorinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with description of a new genus and five new species from the Western Ghats" . PLOS ONE . 9  (2) e87928. Bibcode :2014PLoSO...987928M . doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0087928   . PMC     3925112   . PMID     24551072 .  ↑   Guadanucci, J.P.L. (2014). "Theraphosidae phylogeny: relationships of the 'Ischnocolinae' genera (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)". Zoologica Scripta . 43  (5): 508– 518. doi :10.1111/zsc.12065 . S2CID     86484123 .  1  2   Lüddecke, Tim; Krehenwinkel, Henrik; Canning, Gregory; Glaw, Frank; Longhorne, Stuart J.; Tänzler, René; Wendt, Ingo & Vences, Miguel (2018). "Discovering the silk road: Nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data resolve the phylogenetic relationships among theraphosid spider subfamilies". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 119 : 63– 70. Bibcode :2018MolPE.119...63L . doi :10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.015 . PMID     29104141 .  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11   Schmidt, G. (2003). "8.6 Eumenophorinae Pocock, 1897". Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht . Neue Brehm-Bücherei. Hohenwarsleben: Westarp Wissenschaften. pp.  207– 216. ISBN     978-3-89432-899-3   ↑   Gallon, R.C. (2005). "On a new genus and species of theraphosid spider from Serpent Island, Mauritius (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Eumenophorinae)"  (PDF) . Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society . 13 : 175– 178. Archived from the original  (PDF)  on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-07  . 
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