Symphytognathidae

Symphytognathidae

Taxobox


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
superfamilia = Araneoidea
familia = Symphytognathidae
familia_authority = Hickman, 1931
diversity_link = List of Symphytognathidae species
diversity = 6 genera, 44 species
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subdivision_ranks = Genera
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The Symphytognathidae are a spider family with 44 described species in six genera.

The minute species "Patu digua" with its body size of only 0.37mm is considered to be one of the smallest spiders in the world.

Distribution

Species occur in the tropics of Central and South America and the Australian region (with Oceania), with three species ("Anapistula benoiti", "A.caecula", "Symphytognatha imbulunga") found in Africa and one ("Anapistula ishikawai") in Japan. "Anapistula jerai" occurs in Southeast Asia.

Genera

* "Anapistula" Gertsch, 1941 — Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia
* "Anapogonia" Simon, 1905 — Java
* "Curimagua" Forster & Platnick, 1977 — Panama, Venezuela
* "Globignatha" Balogh & Loksa, 1968 — Brazil, Belize
* "Patu" Marples, 1951 — Colombia, Oceania
* "Symphytognatha" Hickman, 1931 — Mexico to Brazil, Africa, Australia, New Guinea

ee also

* List of Symphytognathidae species
* Spider families

References

* (1977): A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae). "American Museum novitates" 2619. [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5471/1/N2619.pdf PDF 20Mb] [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/5471 Abstract]


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