Mecicobothrioidea

Mecicobothrioidea

digital drawing of a typical "dwarf tarantula" (Mecicobothriidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Mygalomorphae
Infraorder:	Tuberculotae
Superfamily:	Mecicobothrioidea
Families
Mecicobothriidae Microstigmatidae
Diversity
2 families, 21 species

The Mecicobothrioidea are a superfamily of mygalomorph spiders. The spiders in this group are among the smallest mygalomorph spiders known. The superfamily contains two families of spiders:

Mecicobothriidae, the dwarf tarantulas
Microstigmatidae.

Extant Araneae families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida

Suborder Mesothelae
Liphistiidae (segmented spiders)

Suborder Opisthothelae

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List of families of spiders
Spider taxonomy
List of spider common names
Bold are families with more than 1000 species

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