Microstigmatidae is a small family of spiders with about 38 described species in eleven genera. They are small ground-dwelling and free-living spiders that make little use of silk.
The family was removed from the family Dipluridae in 1981. The subfamily Pseudonemesiinae from the family Ctenizidae was also transferred into the Microstigmatidae.
Genera , this family includes twelve genera and 44 species:
Angka Raven & Schwendinger, 1995 – Thailand Envia Ott & Höfer, 2004 – Brazil Ixamatus Simon, 1887 – Australia Kiama Main & Mascord, 1969 – Australia Micromygale Platnick & Forster, 1982 – Panama Microstigmata Strand, 1932 – South Africa Ministigmata Raven & Platnick, 1981 – Brazil Pastaza Dupérré & Tapia, 2025 – Ecuador Pseudonemesia Caporiacco, 1955 – Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela Spelocteniza Gertsch, 1982 – Ecuador Tonton Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil Xamiatus Raven, 1981 – Australia
References
Bibliography Ott, R. & Höfer, H. (2003). Envia garciai, a new genus and species of mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Microstigmatidae) from Brazilian Amazonia. - Iheringia 93: 373–379. PDF Indicatti, Rafael P.; Lucas, Sylvia M.; Ott, Ricardo & Brescovit, Antonio D. (2008): Litter dwelling mygalomorph spiders (Araneae: Microstigmatidae, Nemesiidae) from Araucaria forests in southern Brazil, with the description of five new species. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25(3): 529–546.
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