Wandering spiders (family)
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The wandering spiders (Miturgidae) are a family of real spiders (Araneomorphae). The family is distributed worldwide and currently comprises 29 genera and 137 species (as of April 2019).
Systematics
The arachnologist Martín J. Ramírez ( Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia ) stated in his work on the morphology and phylogeny of the real spiders published in 2014 that the family Zoridae, already described in 1893, is to be regarded as a synonym of the wandering spiders (Miturgidae), whereupon they was incorporated into the wandering spiders.
Many genera from other families have been placed in this group, for example the genera Argoctenus , Hestimodema , Odomasta , Thasyrea , Zora and Zoroides from the family of comb spiders , Voraptus from the family of hunting spiders or Hoedillus from the family of giant crab spiders . In 2017 the genera Xenoctenus , Odo and Paravulsor were transferred from the wandering spiders to the newly established family Xenoctenidae .
The World Spider Catalog currently lists 29 genera and 137 species for wandering spiders (as of April 2019).
- Argoctenus L. Koch , 1878
- Diaprograpta Simon , 1909
- Elassoctenus Simon , 1909
- Eupograpta Raven , 2009
- Hestimodema Simon , 1909
- Israzorides Levy , 2003
- Mituliodon Raven & Stumkat , 2003
- Miturga Thorell , 1870
- Mitzoruga Raven , 2009
- Nuliodon Raven , 2009
- Odomasta Simon , 1909
- Pacificana Hogg , 1904
- Palicanus Thorell , 1897
- Parapostenus Lessert , 1923
- Prochora Simon , 1886
- Pseudoceto Mello-Leitão , 1929
- Simonus Ritsema , 1881
- Syrisca Simon , 1886
- Syspira Simon , 1895
- Systaria Simon , 1897
- Tamin Deeleman-Reinhold , 2001
- Teminius Keyserling , 1887
- Thasyraea L. Koch , 1878
- Tuxoctenus Raven , 2008
- Voraptus Simon , 1898
- Xantharia Deeleman-Reinhold , 2001
- Zealoctenus Forster & Wilton , 1973
- Zora C. L. Koch , 1847
- Zoroides Berland , 1924
Web links
Miturgidae in the World Spider Catalog
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern: World Spider Catalog Version 18.5 - Miturgidae . Retrieved November 15, 2017.
- ↑ Martín J. Ramírez: The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Arameomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 390, 2014. p. 374 ( PDF )