Actinopodidae

Taxobox
name = Actinopodidae

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image_caption = male "Missulena occatoria"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Mygalomorphae
superfamilia = Migoidea
familia = Actinopodidae
familia_authority = Simon, 1892
diversity_link = List of Actinopodidae species
diversity = 3 genera, 42 species
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subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Actinopus"
"Missulena"
"Plesiolena"

The spider family "Actinopodidae" is a family of mygalomorph spiders found in Australia, South America, and Central America. It includes the Australian genus "Missulena", known as the mouse spiders, which are quite venomous.

Genera

* "Actinopus" Perty, 1833 — South America
* "Missulena" Walckenaer, 1805 — Australia, Chile
* "Plesiolena" Goloboff & Platnick, 1987 — Chile

ee also

List of Actinopodidae species

References

* [http://www.usq.edu.au/spider/info/families.htm Find-a-spider guide]
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".