World Spider Catalog

Microstigmatidae Roewer, 1942

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: elevated to family status by Raven & Platnick, 1981: 14 and is composed of the subfamilies Microstigmatinae and Micromygalinae Platnick & Forster, 1982 (Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019: 2); newly circumscribed by Opatova et al., 2020: 702 and by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 15.

In synonymy:

Microstigma Hewitt, 1916 = Microstigmata Strand, 1932 (Strand, 1932: 142, preoccupied, replacement name)

Gen. Microstigmata Strand, 1932 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00143

type Microstigma geophilum Hewitt, 1916; gender feminine

N.B.: replacement name for Microstigma Hewitt, 1916b: 206 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05811], preoccupied in Neuroptera by Rambur, 1842; transferred from the Dipluridae to the Microstigmatidae by Raven & Platnick, 1981: 15.

Microstigmata amatola Griswold, 1985 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001344

Microstigmata amatola Griswold, 1985a: 30, f. 4, 10, 15, 44, 54-59 (Dmf) Original description

Microstigmata amatola Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2002: 79, f. 49d, i (mf)

Microstigmata amatola Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021m: 5, 6 f. (m, f habitus)

Microstigmata geophila (Hewitt, 1916) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001345 TYPE SPECIES

Microstigma geophilum Hewitt, 1916b: 206, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Microstigma geophilum Hewitt, 1925: 286, f. II, 2-3 (Dm)

Microstigmata geophilum Strand, 1932: 142 (generic replacement name)

Microstigmata geophilum Griswold, 1985a: 33, f. 1-2, 11, 16, 18, 42, 60-65 (mf)

Microstigmata geophila Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2002: 79, f. 49c, h (mf)

Microstigmata geophila Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021m: 6, 2 f. (m)

Microstigmata lawrencei Griswold, 1985 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001346

Microstigmata lawrencei Griswold, 1985a: 29, f. 29, 46 (Df) Original description

Microstigmata lawrencei Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2002: 79, f. 49g (f)

Microstigmata lawrencei Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021m: 7, 1 f. (f)

Microstigmata longipes (Lawrence, 1938) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001347

Microstigma longipes Lawrence, 1938a: 463, f. 4a-b, d (Dmf) Original description

Microstigmata longipes Griswold, 1985a: 17, f. 3, 5-6, 9, 13, 17, 20-28, 30-35 (mf)

Microstigmata longipes Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2002: 80, f. 49e (m)

Microstigmata longipes Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021m: 8, p 3: 1 f., p. 8: 5 f. (m, f habitus)

Microstigmata ukhahlamba Griswold, 1985 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001348

Microstigmata ukhahlamba Griswold, 1985a: 25, f. 44, 47-53 (Dmf) Original description

Microstigmata ukhahlamba Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021m: 9, 4 f. (m, f habitus)

Microstigmata zuluensis (Lawrence, 1938) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001349

Microstigma zuluense Lawrence, 1938a: 461, f. 3a-b, 4c (Dmf) Original description

Microstigmata zuluense Griswold, 1985a: 22, f. 7-8, 12, 14, 36-41, 43, 45 (mf)

Microstigmata zuluense Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2002: 80, f. 49f (m)

Microstigmata zuluensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021m: 10, 2 f. (m)