Mysmenidae is a spider family with about 180 described species in seventeen genera. The family is one of the least well known of the orb-weaving spiders because of their small size () and cryptic behaviour. These spiders are found in humid habitats such as among leaf litter and in caves.
Distribution Species occur in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, New Guinea and several islands.
Genera , this family includes seventeen genera and 188 species:
Brasilionata Wunderlich, 1995 – Brazil Chanea Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China Chimena Lin & Li, 2022 – China, Taiwan Drungena Lin & S. Li, 2023 – China Gaoligonga Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China, Vietnam Isela Griswold, 1985 – Kenya, South Africa Maymena Gertsch, 1960 – St. Vincent, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, United States, Peru Mengmena Lin & Li, 2022 – China Microdipoena Banks, 1895 – Africa, Asia, Canada, Hawaii, New Guinea, Samoa. Introduced to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Comoros, Ivory Coast Mosu Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China Mysmena Simon, 1894 – Algeria, St. Helena, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Israel, Spain, North America, Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Samoa, Galapagos, Guyana, Paraguay, Southern Europe to Azerbaijan Mysmeniola Thaler, 1995 – Venezuela Mysmenopsis Simon, 1898 – North America, South America Phricotelus Simon, 1895 – China, Sri Lanka Simaoa Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China Trogloneta Simon, 1922 – China, Japan, Canary Islands, Madeira, North America, Brazil Yamaneta Miller & Lin, 2019 – China
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