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{{As of|2015|11}}, the [[World Spider Catalog]] accepted the following genera:<ref name=WSC_f1>{{citation |title=Family: Actinopodidae Simon, 1892 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/1 |accessdate=2015-11-17 }}</ref> |
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* ''[[Actinopus]]'' <small>Perty, 1833</small> — South America |
* ''[[Actinopus]]'' <small>Perty, 1833</small> — South America |
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* ''[[Missulena]]'' <small>[[Charles Athanase Walckenaer|Walckenaer]], 1805</small> — Australia, Chile |
* ''[[Missulena]]'' <small>[[Charles Athanase Walckenaer|Walckenaer]], 1805</small> — Australia, Chile |
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Revision as of 10:45, 17 November 2015
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| male Missulena occatoria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Actinopodidae Simon, 1892 |
| Genera | |
| Diversity | |
| 3 genera, 42 species | |
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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
As of November 2015[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera:[1]
- Actinopus Perty, 1833 — South America
- Missulena Walckenaer, 1805 — Australia, Chile
- Plesiolena Goloboff & Platnick, 1987 — Chile
See also
References
- Find-a-spider guide
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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- ^ "Family: Actinopodidae Simon, 1892", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2015-11-17