Microstigmatidae

Microstigmatidae
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Xamiatus rubrifrons in Australia
X. rubrifrons in burrow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Clade: Avicularioidea
Family: Microstigmatidae
Roewer, 1942
Diversity
12 genera, 44 species
blue: reported countries (WSC)

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.

The family was removed from the family Dipluridae in 1981. The subfamily Pseudonemesiinae from the family Ctenizidae was also transferred into the Microstigmatidae.

Genera

As of October 2026, this family includes twelve genera and 44 species:

References

  1. ↑ Roewer, C. F. (1942). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia).
  2. ↑ Raven, R. J.; Platnick, N. I. (1981). "A revision of the American spiders of the family Microstigmatidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)". American Museum Novitates (2707).
  3. ↑ Passanha, V.; Cizauskas, I.; Brescovit, A. D. (2019). "A new genus of Micromygalinae (Araneae, Microstigmatidae) from Brazil, with transfer of Masteria emboaba Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015 and description of six new species". ZooKeys (814): 1–32. Bibcode:2019ZooK..814....1P. doi:10.3897/zookeys.814.29906. PMC 6333731. PMID 30651710.
  4. ↑ "Family Microstigmatidae Roewer, 1942". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-17.

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