Synotaxidae

Taxobox
name = Synotaxidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
superfamilia = Araneoidea
familia = Synotaxidae
familia_authority = Simon, 1894
diversity_link = List of Synotaxidae species
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 [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Synotaxidae.txt 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

* "incertae sedis":* "Mangua" Forster, 1990 — New Zealand

ee 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. [http://theridiidae.com/pdf/Agnarsson2003c.pdf PDF] ("Synotaxus waiwai")
* Eberhard, W.G. (1995). The web and building behavior of "Synotaxus ecuadorensis" (Araneae, Synotaxidae). "J. Arachnol." 23:25-30. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v23_n1/JoA_v23_p25.pdf PDF]