Synotaxidae

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Synotaxidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Superfamily: Araneoidea
Family: Synotaxidae
Simon, 1894
Diversity
13 genera, 68 species

Genera

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The Synotaxidae are a spider family with 68 described species in 13 genera.

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[edit] Distribution

Species of this family occur in Central and South America, New Zealand and Australia.

[edit] Genera

The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog.

  • Pahorinae Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990 — endemic to New Zealand
  • Nomaua Forster, 1990
  • Pahora Forster, 1990
  • Pahoroides Forster, 1990
  • Runga Forster, 1990
  • Wairua Forster, 1990
  • Physogleninae Petrunkevitch, 1928
  • Meringa Forster, 1990 — New Zealand
  • Paratupua Platnick, 1990 — Australia
  • Physoglenes Simon, 1904 — Chile
  • Tupua Platnick, 1990 — Tasmania
  • Synotaxinae Simon, 1894
  • Calcarsynotaxus Wunderlich, 1995 — Australia
  • Chileotaxus Platnick, 1990 — Chile
  • Synotaxus Simon, 1895 — South America
  • Mangua Forster, 1990 — New Zealand

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Agnarsson I. 2003b. The phylogenetic placement and circumscription of the genus Synotaxus (Araneae: Synotaxidae) with a description of a new species from Guyana, and notes on theridioid phylogeny. Invertebrate Systematics 17(6): 719-734. PDF (Synotaxus waiwai)
  • Eberhard, W.G. (1995). The web and building behavior of Synotaxus ecuadorensis (Araneae, Synotaxidae). J. Arachnol. 23:25-30. PDF
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