| Microstigmatidae Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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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Microstigmatidae is a small family of spiders with 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 family Dipluridae in 1981. [2] The subfamily Pseudonemesiinae from the family Ctenizidae was also transferred into the Microstigmatidae. [3]
As of March 2022 [update] , the World Spider Catalog recognized the following genera: [4]