Biology:Symphytognathidae
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Short description: Family of spiders
| Dwarf orb-weavers | |
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| Crassignatha danaugirangensis, female | |
Scientific classification 
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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 Australia n 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]
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-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]
- Anapistula Gertsch, 1941 — Asia, South America, Portugal, Oceania, Africa, North America, Jamaica
- Anapogonia Simon, 1905 — Indonesia
- Crassignatha Wunderlich, 1995 — Indonesia, Malaysia
- Curimagua Forster & Platnick, 1977 — Panama, Venezuela
- Globignatha Balogh & Loksa, 1968 — Brazil, Belize
- Iardinis Simon, 1899 — Nepal, India
- Patu Marples, 1951 — Asia, Colombia, Oceania, Seychelles
- Symphytognatha Hickman, 1931 — Oceania, South America, Caribbean, Mexico, Belize, South Africa
References
- ↑ Li, Ya; Li, Shuqiang; Lin, Yucheng (19 November 2021). "Taxonomic study on fourteen symphytognathid species from Asia (Araneae, Symphytognathidae)". ZooKeys (1072): 1–47. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1072.67935. ISSN 1313-2989. PMID 34899006.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Family: Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/93.
- ↑ Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I. (1977). "A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae)". American Museum Novitates (2619): 20. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5471/1/N2619.pdf.
- ↑ Schutt, Karin (March 2003). "Phylogeny of Symphytognathidae s.l. (Araneae, Araneoidea)" (in en). Zoologica Scripta 32 (2): 129–151. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00103.x. ISSN 0300-3256.
Wikidata ☰ Q11727 entry
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