Modisimus

Modisimus; Temporal range: Neogene– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Modisimus texanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pholcidae
Genus:	Modisimus; Simon, 1893
Type species
	M. glaucus; Simon, 1893
Species
	83, see text
Synonyms
	Bryantina Brignoli, 1985; Hedypsilus Simon, 1893; Platnicknia Özdikmen & Demir, 2009;

Modisimus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.

Description

Spiders of the genus Modisimus have six eyes, unlike the eight typical of spiders. While some other pholcid genera also have six eyes, Modisimus differs from them in the prosoma having a median furrow and the eyes being situated on a turret (this turret is very high in males).

Species

As of June 2019^[update] it contains eighty-three species and one subspecies, found in Central America, Europe, Asia, North America, the Caribbean, South America, Australia, on the Seychelles, and the Pacific Islands:

M. angulatus Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. bachata Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. beneficus Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico
M. berac Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. boneti Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. bribri Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica, Panama
M. cahuita Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
M. caldera Huber, 1998 – Panama
M. cavaticus Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
M. chiapa Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico
M. chickeringi Gertsch, 1973 – Panama
M. cienaga Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. coco Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
M. coeruleolineatus Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
M. concolor Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
M. cornutus Kraus, 1955 – Honduras
M. coxanus (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
M. cuadro Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. culicinus (Simon, 1893) – South America. Introduced to Germany, Czech Rep., Zaire, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China, Australia, Pacific Is.
M. david Huber, 1997 – Nicaragua, Panama
M. deltoroi Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2009 – Mexico
M. dilutus Gertsch, 1941 – Panama
M. dominical Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
M. elevatus Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
M. elongatus Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
M. enriquillo Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. epepye Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. femoratus Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
M. fuscus Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
M. glaucus Simon, 1893 (type) – Hispaniola, St. Vincent
M. globosus Schmidt, 1956 – Colombia
M. gracilipes Gertsch, 1973 – Guatemala
M. guatuso Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua to Panama
M. guerrerensis Gertsch & Davis, 1937 – Mexico
M. incertus (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
M. inornatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 – Mexico
M. iviei Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico
M. ixobel Huber, 1998 – Guatemala
M. jima Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. kiskeya Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. leprete Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. macaya Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. maculatipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 – Mexico
M. madreselva Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
M. makandal Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. mango Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. mariposas Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. mckenziei Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. minima (González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
M. miri Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. mitchelli Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. modicus (Gertsch & Peck, 1992) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
M. montanus Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
- Modisimus m. dentatus Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
M. nicaraguensis Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua
M. ovatus Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
M. palenque Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico
M. palvet Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. pana Huber, 1998 – Guatemala
M. paraiso Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. pavidus Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
M. pelejil Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. pittier Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica, Panama
M. propinquus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Mexico
M. pulchellus Banks, 1929 – Panama
M. pusillus Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. rainesi Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. reddelli Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. roumaini Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. sanpedro Jiménez & Palacios-Cardiel, 2015 – Mexico
M. sanvito Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
M. sarapiqui Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
M. seguin Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. selvanegra Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua
M. sexoculatus Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
M. signatus (Banks, 1914) – Puerto Rico
M. simoni Huber, 1997 – Venezuela
M. solus Gertsch & Peck, 1992 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
M. texanus Banks, 1906 – USA, Mexico
M. tiburon Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. toma Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
M. tortuguero Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
M. tzotzile Brignoli, 1974 – Mexico
M. vittatus Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola

References

1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Modisimus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
↑ "Platnicknia nom. nov., a new name for the preoccupied spider genus Bryantina Brignoli, 1985 (Araneae: Pholcidae)". researchgate.net. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
↑ Huber, B. A. (1997). "On the distinction between Modisimus and Hedypsilus (Araneae, Pholcidae), with notes on behavior and natural history". Zoologica Scripta. 25 (3): 238. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1996.tb00164.x. S2CID 85130839.
↑ Huber, B. A.; Eberle, J.; Dimitrov, D. (2018). "The phylogeny of pholcid spiders: a critical evaluation of relationships suggested by molecular data (Araneae, Pholcidae)". ZooKeys (789): 99. Bibcode:2018ZooK..789...51H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.789.22781. PMC 6193417. PMID 30344435.
↑ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
↑ "araneae - Pholcidae". araneae.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2025-02-17.

[NMBE-1] 1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Modisimus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

[researchgate.net-2] "Platnicknia nom. nov., a new name for the preoccupied spider genus Bryantina Brignoli, 1985 (Araneae: Pholcidae)". researchgate.net. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[Hube1997-3] Huber, B. A. (1997). "On the distinction between Modisimus and Hedypsilus (Araneae, Pholcidae), with notes on behavior and natural history". Zoologica Scripta. 25 (3): 238. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1996.tb00164.x. S2CID 85130839.

[Hube2018-4] Huber, B. A.; Eberle, J.; Dimitrov, D. (2018). "The phylogeny of pholcid spiders: a critical evaluation of relationships suggested by molecular data (Araneae, Pholcidae)". ZooKeys (789): 99. Bibcode:2018ZooK..789...51H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.789.22781. PMC 6193417. PMID 30344435.

[Simo1893-5] Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.

[6] "araneae - Pholcidae". araneae.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2025-02-17.

Modisimus Temporal range: Neogene– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Modisimus texanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pholcidae
Genus:	Modisimus Simon, 1893
Type species
M. glaucus Simon, 1893
Species
83, see text
Synonyms
Bryantina Brignoli, 1985 Hedypsilus Simon, 1893 Platnicknia Özdikmen & Demir, 2009

Modisimus

Description

Species

See also

References