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{{Short description|Family of spiders}}
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| color = pink
| name = Symphytognathidae
| name = Dwarf orb-weavers
| image = Crassignatha danaugirangensis female, dorsal view.jpg
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| image_caption = ''[[Crassignatha danaugirangensis]]'', female
| phylum = [[Arthropoda]]
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| taxon = Symphytognathidae
| classis = [[Arachnida]]
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| authority = Hickman, 1931
| ordo = [[Araneae]]
| subordo = [[Araneomorphae]]
| superfamilia = [[Araneoidea]]
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| familia = '''Symphytognathidae'''
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| familia_authority = Hickman, 1931
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| diversity_link = List of Symphytognathidae species
| diversity = 6 genera, 44 species
| range_map = Distribution.symphytognathidae.1.png
| range_map = Distribution.symphytognathidae.1.png
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| diversity = [[#Genera|8 genera]], [[List of Symphytognathidae species|73 species]]
| range_map_width = 250px
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
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{{wikispecies|Symphytognathidae}}
The '''Symphytognathidae''' are a [[spider]] family with 44 described species in six genera.


'''Symphytognathidae''' is a family of [[spider]]s with 90<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Ya |last2=Li |first2=Shuqiang |last3=Lin |first3=Yucheng |title=Taxonomic study on fourteen symphytognathid species from Asia (Araneae, Symphytognathidae) |journal=ZooKeys |date=19 November 2021 |issue=1072 |pages=1–47 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.1072.67935 |pmid=34899006 |pmc=8626413 |issn=1313-2989|doi-access=free }}</ref> described species in eight genera. They occur in the tropics of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]] and the [[Australia]]n region (with [[Oceania]]). Exceptions include ''[[Anapistula benoiti]]'', ''[[Anapistula caecula]]'', and ''[[Symphytognatha imbulunga]]'', found in [[Africa]], ''[[Anapistula ishikawai]]'', found in [[Japan]], and ''[[Anapistula jerai]]'', found in [[Southeast Asia]].<ref name=NMBE />
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.


The species ''[[Patu digua]]'' is considered to be one of the smallest spiders in the world with a body size of {{convert|0.37|mm}}.<ref>{{cite journal| last1=Forster| first1=R. R.| last2=Platnick| first2=N. I.| year=1977| title=A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae)| journal=American Museum Novitates| issue=2619| page=20| url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5471/1/N2619.pdf}}</ref>
==Distribution==

Species occur in the tropics of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]] and the [[Australia]]n region (with [[Oceania]]), with three species (''[[Anapistula benoiti]]'', ''[[Anapistula caecula|A.caecula]]'', ''[[Symphytognatha imbulunga]]'') found in [[Africa]] and one (''[[Anapistula ishikawai]]'' in [[Japan]]. ''[[Anapistula jerai]]'' occurs in [[Southeast Asia]].
==Morphology==
Symphytognathidae are four, six or eight-eyed spiders and are generally small in size. The [[opisthosoma]] is covered in long hairs.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Schutt |first1=Karin |title=Phylogeny of Symphytognathidae s.l. (Araneae, Araneoidea) |journal=Zoologica Scripta |date=March 2003 |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=129–151 |doi=10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00103.x |s2cid=84908326 |language=en |issn=0300-3256|doi-access=free }}</ref>


==Genera==
==Genera==
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{{Main|List of Symphytognathidae species}}
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* ''[[Anapistula]]'' [[Willis J. Gertsch|Gertsch]], 1941 (Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia)
{{as of|2019|04}}, the [[World Spider Catalog]] accepts the following genera:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite web| title=Family: Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931| website=World Spider Catalog| access-date=2019-04-25| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/93}}</ref>
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* ''[[Anapogonia]]'' [[Eugène Simon|Simon]], 1905 (Java)
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* ''[[Curimagua]]'' [[Raymond Robert Forster|Forster]] & [[Norman I. Platnick|Platnick]], 1977 (Panama, Venezuela)
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*''[[Anapistula]]'' <small>Gertsch, 1941</small> — Asia, South America, Portugal, Oceania, Africa, North America, Jamaica
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* ''[[Globignatha]]'' Balogh & Loksa, 1968 (Brazil, Belize)
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*''[[Anapogonia]]'' <small>Simon, 1905</small> — Indonesia
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* ''[[Patu]]'' [[Brian J. Marples|Marples]], 1951 (Colombia, Oceania)
*''[[Crassignatha]]'' <small>Wunderlich, 1995</small> — Indonesia, Malaysia
* ''[[Symphytognatha]]'' Hickman, 1931 (Mexico to Brazil, Africa, Australia, New Guinea)
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*''[[Curimagua]]'' <small>Forster & Platnick, 1977</small> — Panama, Venezuela

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*''[[Globignatha]]'' <small>Balogh & Loksa, 1968</small> — Brazil, Belize
==See also==
*''[[Iardinis]]'' <small>Simon, 1899</small> — Nepal, India
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* [[List of Symphytognathidae species]]
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*''[[Patu (spider)|Patu]]'' <small>Marples, 1951</small> — Asia, Colombia, Oceania, Seychelles
* [[Araneae families]]
*''[[Swilda]]'' <small>Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009</small> — Asia
*''[[Symphytognatha]]'' <small>Hickman, 1931</small> — Oceania, South America, Caribbean, Mexico, Belize, South Africa
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==References==
==References==
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{{Wikispecies|Symphytognathidae}}
* Forster, R.R. & Platnick, N.I. (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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Latest revision as of 05:20, 12 May 2024

Dwarf orb-weavers
Crassignatha danaugirangensis, female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Symphytognathidae
Hickman, 1931
Diversity
8 genera, 73 species

Symphytognathidae is a family of spiders with 90[1] described species in eight genera. They occur in the tropics of Central and South America and the Australian region (with Oceania). Exceptions include Anapistula benoiti, Anapistula caecula, and Symphytognatha imbulunga, found in Africa, Anapistula ishikawai, found in Japan, and Anapistula jerai, found in Southeast Asia.[2]

The species Patu digua is considered to be one of the smallest spiders in the world with a body size of 0.37 millimetres (0.015 in).[3]

Morphology[edit]

Symphytognathidae are four, six or eight-eyed spiders and are generally small in size. The opisthosoma is covered in long hairs.[4]

Genera[edit]

Main article: List of Symphytognathidae species

As of April 2019, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[2]

  • Anapistula Gertsch, 1941 — Asia, South America, Portugal, Oceania, Africa, North America, Jamaica
  • Anapogonia Simon, 1905 — Indonesia
  • Crassignatha Wunderlich, 1995 — Indonesia, Malaysia
  • Curimagua Forster & Platnick, 1977 — Panama, Venezuela
  • Globignatha Balogh & Loksa, 1968 — Brazil, Belize
  • Iardinis Simon, 1899 — Nepal, India
  • Patu Marples, 1951 — Asia, Colombia, Oceania, Seychelles
  • Swilda Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 — Asia
  • Symphytognatha Hickman, 1931 — Oceania, South America, Caribbean, Mexico, Belize, South Africa

References[edit]

Wikispecies has information related to Symphytognathidae.
  1. ^ Li, Ya; Li, Shuqiang; Lin, Yucheng (19 November 2021). "Taxonomic study on fourteen symphytognathid species from Asia (Araneae, Symphytognathidae)". ZooKeys (1072): 1–47. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1072.67935. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 8626413. PMID 34899006.
  2. ^ a b "Family: Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  3. ^ Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I. (1977). "A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2619): 20.
  4. ^ Schutt, Karin (March 2003). "Phylogeny of Symphytognathidae s.l. (Araneae, Araneoidea)". Zoologica Scripta. 32 (2): 129–151. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00103.x. ISSN 0300-3256. S2CID 84908326.


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