Mecicobothrioidea

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: