Micropholcommatidae

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Micropholcommatidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Superfamily: Archaeoidea
Family: Micropholcommatidae
Hickman, 1943
Diversity
8 genera, 33 species

Genera

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The Micropholcommatidae are a spider family with 33 described species in eight genera.

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[edit] Distribution

Almost all genera are endemic to New Zealand and Australia, with two genera (Teutoniella, Tricellina) found in South America.

[edit] Genera

  • Eterosonycha Butler, 1932 (Australia)
  • Micropholcomma Crosby & Bishop, 1927 (Australia)
  • Olgania Hickman, 1979 (Australia)
  • Parapua Forster, 1959 (New Zealand)
  • Pua Forster, 1959 (New Zealand)
  • Teutoniella Brignoli, 1981 (Brazil, Chile)
  • Textricella Hickman, 1945 (New Zealand, Australia)
  • Tricellina Forster & Platnick, 1989 (Chile)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Forster, R. R. & N. I. Platnick. A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Am. Mus. Novit. 2619: 1-29.



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