Symphytognathidae

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Crassignatha danaugirangensis , female
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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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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]

Contents

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

Symphytognathidae are four, six or eight-eyed spiders and are generally small in size. The opisthosoma is covered in long hairs. [4]

Genera

As of April 2019, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: [2]

References

  1. Li, Ya; Li, Shuqiang; Lin, Yucheng (19 November 2021). "Taxonomic study on fourteen symphytognathid species from Asia (Araneae, Symphytognathidae)". ZooKeys (1072): 1–47. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1072....1L. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1072.67935 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   8626413 . PMID   34899006.
  2. 1 2 "Family: Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  3. Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I. (1977). "A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2619): 20.
  4. 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.