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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Mysmenidae

Family Mysmenidae

Classification · Numbers · Range · See Also
Spider 10 (July 2010) - Microdipoena guttata - male Trogloneta paradoxa - male Trogloneta paradoxa - male Mysmenid with egg sac - Trogloneta paradoxa - female spotted cobweb spider - Microdipoena guttata - female spotted cobweb spider - Microdipoena guttata - female tiny spider - Microdipoena guttata tiny spider - Microdipoena guttata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Mysmenidae
Numbers
6 genera in the USA & Canada.
Range
Exact distribution within these countries will be added when time permits.

Calodipoena
- incredula - USA
Maymena
- ambita - USA
Microdipoena
- guttata - USA
Mysmena
- quebecana - Canada
Mysmenopsis
- cymbia - USA
Trogloneta
- paradoxa - USA
See Also
Theridiosomatidae

Mysmenidae separates out from Theridiosomatidae by having tarsi as long as or longer than metatarsi.
Contributed by tom murray on 31 December, 2009 - 2:59pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott
Last updated 26 August, 2012 - 9:15am

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