Biology:Corinnidae

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Corinnidae is a family of araneomorph spiders, sometimes called corinnid sac spiders. The family, like other "clubionoid" families, has a confusing taxonomic history. Once it was a part of the large catch-all taxon Clubionidae, now very much smaller.


Graptartia granulosa from South Africa

In 2014, Martín Ramírez recognized the family in a restricted sense, including only the subfamilies Corinninae and Castianeirinae.[1] Two former subfamilies of the Corinnidae are now treated as separate families, Phrurolithidae and Trachelidae. As now recognized, Corinnidae contains 71 genera and over 800 species worldwide.[2]


Front view of Coenoptychus mutillicus

Genera

As of January 2026, this family includes 76 genera and 892 species:[2]

  • Abapeba Bonaldo, 2000 – Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, Trinidad, Panama, Mexico, South America
  • Aetius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Ivory Coast, Asia
  • Allomedmassa Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2014 – China, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Apochinomma Pavesi, 1881 – Africa, Asia, Brazil
  • Arushina Caporiacco, 1947 – Tanzania
  • Attacobius Mello-Leitão, 1925 – Argentina, Brazil
  • Austrophaea Lawrence, 1952 – South Africa
  • Battalus Karsch, 1878 – Australia
  • Brachyphaea Simon, 1895 – East Africa
  • Bunyoronius Bonaldo, Ramírez & Haddad, 2022 – Rwanda, Uganda, Central African Republic
  • Cambalida Simon, 1909 – Africa, India
  • Carteronius Simon, 1896 – Africa
  • Castianeira Keyserling, 1879 – Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Portugal, Spain
  • Castoponera Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Indonesia, Malaysia
  • Coenoptychus Simon, 1885 – Africa, India, Sri Lanka
  • Copa Simon, 1886 – Madagascar, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Australia
  • Copuetta Haddad, 2013 – Africa
  • Corinna C. L. Koch, 1841 – Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Pakistan, North America, South America, New Guinea
  • Corinnomma Karsch, 1880 – Africa, Asia, St. Vincent
  • Creugas Thorell, 1878 – USA to South America. Introduced to Ascension Island, Japan, Myanmar, Australia, Pacific islands
  • Crinopseudoa Jocqué & Bosselaers, 2011 – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia
  • Cycais Thorell, 1877 – Japan, Indonesia
  • Disnyssus Raven, 2015 – Australia
  • Donuea Strand, 1932 – Madagascar, Mauritius
  • Echinax Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Africa, Asia
  • Ecitocobius Bonaldo & Brescovit, 1998 – Brazil
  • Erendira Bonaldo, 2000 – Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, Panama, Venezuela, Lesser Antilles
  • Falconina Brignoli, 1985 – Bonaire, Panama, Mexico, South America. Introduced to Cuba, United States
  • Fengzhen Lu & Li, 2023 – China
  • Fluctus Jin & Zhang, 2020 – China
  • Graptartia Simon, 1896 – Africa
  • Grismadox Pett, Rubio & Perger, 2022 – Bolivia, Paraguay
  • Griswoldella Haddad, 2021 – Madagascar
  • Hortipes Bosselaers & Ledoux, 1998 – Africa, Mozambique
  • Humua Ono, 1987 – Japan
  • Ianduba Bonaldo, 1997 – Argentina, Brazil
  • Iridonyssus Raven, 2015 – Australia
  • Kolora Raven, 2015 – Australia
  • Leichhardteus Raven & Baehr, 2013 – Australia
  • Leptopicia Raven, 2015 – Australia
  • Mazax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 – North America, South America
  • Medmassa Simon, 1887 – Africa, Asia, Australia, Papua New Guinea
  • Megalostrata Karsch, 1880 – North America, Colombia
  • Melanesotypus Raven, 2015 – Solomon Islands
  • Merenius Simon, 1909 – Africa, Yemen
  • Messapus Simon, 1898 – Africa
  • Methesis Simon, 1896 – South America
  • Myrmecium Latreille, 1824 – South America
  • Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 – USA to South America
  • Nucastia Raven, 2015 – Australia
  • Nyssus Walckenaer, 1805 – Australia, Fiji, Solomon Islands. Introduced to New Zealand
  • Olbus Simon, 1880 – Chile
  • Ozcopa Raven, 2015 – Australia
  • Parachemmis Chickering, 1937 – Panama, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana
  • Paradiestus Mello-Leitão, 1915 – Brazil
  • Paramedmassa Jin, H. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2019 – China, Laos, Thailand
  • Peng Lu & Li, 2023 – China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
  • Poecilipta Simon, 1897 – Australia, New Caledonia
  • Pranburia Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993 – China, Southeast Asia
  • Procopius Thorell, 1899 – West, Central Africa
  • Pronophaea Simon, 1897 – South Africa
  • Psellocoptus Simon, 1896 – Venezuela
  • Pseudocorinna Simon, 1909 – Africa
  • Scorteccia Caporiacco, 1936 – Libya
  • Septentrinna Bonaldo, 2000 – Guatemala, Mexico, United States
  • Serendib Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – China, Southeast Asia
  • Simonestus Bonaldo, 2000 – Guatemala, Panama, Mexico, Venezuela
  • Sphecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 – Bolivia
  • Spinirta Jin & Zhang, 2020 – China
  • Stethorrhagus Simon, 1896 – South America
  • Tapixaua Bonaldo, 2000 – South America
  • Ticopa Raven, 2015 – Australia
  • Tupirinna Bonaldo, 2000 – Panama, South America
  • Vendaphaea Haddad, 2009 – South Africa
  • Wasaka Haddad, 2013 – Cameroon, Eastern Africa
  • Xeropigo O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 – Trinidad, United States, South America, Caribbean to Brazil, Guiana. Introduced to St. Helena

References

  1. ↑ Ramírez, Martín J. (2014), The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/6537, retrieved 2021-01-15 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Family Corinnidae Karsch, 1880". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:000018. Retrieved 2026-01-22. 

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