Synotaxidae
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Superfamily: | Araneoidea |
| Family: | Synotaxidae Simon, 1894 |
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| Diversity | |
| 13 genera, 68 species | |
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The Synotaxidae are a spider family with 68 described species in 13 genera.
Distribution
Species of this family occur in Central and South America, New Zealand and Australia.
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
- Synotaxinae Simon, 1894
- Calcarsynotaxus Wunderlich, 1995 — Australia
- Chileotaxus Platnick, 1990 — Chile
- Synotaxus Simon, 1895 — South America
- Mangua Forster, 1990 — New Zealand
See also
- List of Synotaxidae species
- Spider families
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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