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]
| Microstigmatidae Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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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]
Genera
As of March 2022[update], the World Spider Catalog recognized the following genera:[4]
- Angka Raven & Schwendinger, 1995
- Envia Ott & Höfer, 2003
- Ixamatus Simon, 1887
- Kiama Main & Mascord, 1969
- Micromygale Platnick & Forster, 1982
- Microstigmata Strand, 1932
- Ministigmata Raven & Platnick, 1981
- Pseudonemesia Caporiacco, 1955
- Spelocteniza Gertsch, 1982
- Tonton Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019
- Xamiatus Raven, 1981
References
Wikispecies has information related to Microstigmatidae.
Notes
Bibliography
- Ott, R. & Höfer, H. (2003). Envia garciai, a new genus and species of mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Microstigmatidae) from Brazilian Amazonia. - Iheringia 93: 373–379. PDF
- Indicatti, Rafael P.; Lucas, Sylvia M.; Ott, Ricardo & Brescovit, Antonio D. (2008): Litter dwelling mygalomorph spiders (Araneae: Microstigmatidae, Nemesiidae) from Araucaria forests in southern Brazil, with the description of five new species. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25(3): 529–546.