World Spider Catalog

Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Symphytognathidae by Forster & Platnick, 1977: 2; genera reviewed by Brignoli, 1980j: 728; considered a junior synonym of Anapidae by Wunderlich (1986), S rejected by Wunderlich, 2011: 446.

In synonymy:

Anjouanella Baert, 1986 = Microdipoena Banks, 1895 (Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 783)

Mysmenella Brignoli, 1980 = Microdipoena Banks, 1895 (Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 783)

Gen. Microdipoena Banks, 1895 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00801

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Mysmena Simon, 1894 by Saaristo, 1978: 125 (but see also Wunderlich, 2004h: 1073); considered a senior synonym of Anjouanella Baert, 1986: 265 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00788] (type A. comorensis Baert, 1986) and of Mysmenella Brignoli, 1980j: 731 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00803] (type Mysmena illectrix Simon, 1895) by Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 783 (contra Wunderlich, 2004h: 1073, who considered Mysmenella a junior synonym of Mysmena Simon, 1894).

Microdipoena comorensis (Baert, 1986) | | Comoros urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009191

Anjouanella comorensis Baert, 1986: 267, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978 | | Seychelles, Congo, Comoros urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009225

Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978: 124, f. 255-265 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmena elsae Roberts, 1978: 932, f. 65-73 (mf)

Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 2010: 92, f. 17.1-8 (mf)

Microdipoena elsae Lopardo, Giribet & Hormiga, 2011: 287, f. 9a (m)

Microdipoena elsae Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 783, f. 17A-D, 129D, 132A, 141M-N (mf)

Mysmena elsae Logunov, 2022a: 89, f. 18 (m)

Microdipoena elsae Zhang & Lin, 2023: 340, f. 3A-F, 4A-D, 5A-D, 6A-H, 7A-C (mf)

Microdipoena gongi (Yin, Peng & Bao, 2004) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038533

Mysmenella gongi Yin, Peng & Bao, 2004a: 80, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenella gongi Lin & Li, 2008b: 510, f. 14A-D, 15A-H (mf)

Mysmenella gongi Yin et al., 2012: 425, f. 190a-h (mf)

Microdipoena gongi Zhang & Lin, 2023: 346, f. 8A-F, 9A-F (mf)

Microdipoena guttata Banks, 1895 | | USA to Paraguay. Introduced to Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Comoros urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009226

Microdipoena guttata Banks, 1895d: 85 (Dm) Original description

Mysmena guttata Bishop & Crosby, 1926: 177, pl. 22, f. 22 (Dm)

Mysmena guttata Levi, 1956a: 8, f. 20-30 (m, Df)

Mysmaena guttata Gruia, 1977: 162, f. 12-15 (mf)

Microdipoena guttata Saaristo, 1978: 125 (Tmf from Mysmena)

Microdipoena guttata Baert, 1984a: 608, f. 10-14 (m)

Microdipoena guttata Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 783, f. 18A-G, 19A-F, 20A-G, 21A-I, 129A, 132B (mf)

Microdipoena huisun Zhang & Lin, 2023 | | Taiwan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058942

Microdipoena huisun Zhang & Lin, 2023: 350, f. 10A-F (Df) Original description

Microdipoena illectrix (Simon, 1895) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009238

Mysmena illectrix Simon, 1895g: 149 (Dm) Original description

Mysmenella illectrix Brignoli, 1980j: 731, f. 5-6 (Tm from Mysmena)

Microdipoena illectrix Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 783, f. 132C, 141O (m)

Microdipoena jobi (Kraus, 1967) | | Europe, Caucasus, Iran, China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009239

Mysmena jobi Kraus, 1967b: 392, f. 12-28 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmena jobi Shinkai, 1977: 326, f. 12 (f)

Mysmena jobi Wunderlich, 1980d: 267, f. 19-23 (mf)

Mysmenella jobi Brignoli, 1980j: 731 (Tmf from Mysmena)

Mysmena jobi Kasal, 1982: 75, f. 6-7 (m)

Mysmena jobi Wunderlich, 1986: 222, f. 244

Mysmenella jobi Namkung & Lee, 1987: 46, f. 1-8 (mf)

Mysmenella jobi Thaler & Noflatscher, 1990: 174, f. 31-34 (m)

Mysmena jobi Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 306, f. 822 (mf)

Mysmenella jobi Namkung, 2002: 146, f. 16.a-b (mf)

Mysmenella jobi Namkung, 2003: 148, f. 16.a-b (mf)

Mysmenella jobi Lee et al., 2004: 100, unnumbered f. (m)

Mysmenella jobi Trotta, 2005: 170, f. 360-361 (mf)

Mysmenella jobi Le Peru, 2011: 344, f. 595 (mf)

Mysmenella jobi Marusik & Kunt, 2011: 4, f. 7-13 (m)

Mysmenella jobi Yin et al., 2012: 427, f. 191a-d (f)

Microdipoena jobi Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 783, f. 129F, 132F (mf)

Microdipoena jobi Naumova et al., 2017: 478, f. 12-14 (m)

Microdipoena jobi Domènech et al., 2023: 160, f. 3A-B (m)

Microdipoena jobi Zhang & Lin, 2023: 350, f. 11A-E, 12A-G, 13A-C (mf)

Microdipoena lisu Zhang & Lin, 2023 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058943

Microdipoena lisu Zhang & Lin, 2023: 356, f. 14A-F (Df) Original description

Microdipoena menglunensis (Lin & Li, 2008) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041957

Mysmenella menglunensis Lin & Li, 2008b: 506, f. 13A-I (Dm) Original description

Microdipoena menglunensis Zhang, Li & Lin, 2022: 71, f. 7A-F, 8A-F, 9A-D (m, Df)

Microdipoena mihindi (Baert, 1989) | | Rwanda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009240

Mysmenella mihindi Baert, 1989: 32, f. 1C-D, 2C-D (Dm) Original description

Microdipoena nyungwe Baert, 1989 | | Rwanda, Tanzania, Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009227

Microdipoena nyungwe Baert, 1989: 29, f. 1A-B, 2A-B (Dmf) Original description

Microdipoena nyungwe Lopardo, Giribet & Hormiga, 2011: 285, f. 6a, 7c,f, 8d-f, 9c, 10a,c (mf)

Microdipoena nyungwe Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 783, f. 22A-G, 23A-H, 24A-F, 25A-F, 26A-G, 129B, 142A-B (mf)

Microdipoena ogatai (Ono, 2007) | | Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041322

Mysmenella ogatai Ono, 2007: 170, f. 67-75 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenella ogatai Ono, 2009a: 402, f. 28-35 (mf)

Microdipoena ogatai Noguchi et al., 2023: 145, f. 3L-M (m)

Microdipoena papuana (Baert, 1984) | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009241

Mysmenella papuana Baert, 1984b: 241, f. 28 (Dm) Original description

Microdipoena pseudojobi (Lin & Li, 2008) | | China, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041956

Mysmenella pseudojobi Lin & Li, 2008b: 504, f. 11A-H, 12A-F (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenella pseudojobi Ono, 2009a: 402, f. 36-42 (mf)

Microdipoena saltuensis (Simon, 1895) | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009242

Mysmena saltuensis Simon, 1895g: 149 (Df) Original description

Mysmenella saltuensis Brignoli, 1980j: 731, f. 4 (Tf from Mysmena)

Microdipoena samoensis (Marples, 1955) | | Samoa, Hawaii urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009243

Linyphia samoensis Marples, 1955a: 494, pl. 59, f. 10, 14-16 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmena samoensis Forster, 1959: 306, f. 148A (Tmf from Linyphia)

Mysmenella samoensis Baert, 1984b: 241, f. 26-27 (Tmf from Mysmena)

Mysmenella samoensis Coddington, 1990: 19, f. 106 (m)

Mysmenella samoensis Lopardo, Giribet & Hormiga, 2011: 286, f. 8a, 9b (m)

Microdipoena samoensis Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 783, f. 27A-I, 129E, 132D-E (mf)

Microdipoena shenyang Zhang & Lin, 2023 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058944

Microdipoena shenyang Zhang & Lin, 2023: 358, f. 15A-F, 16A-G, 17A-C (Dmf) Original description

Microdipoena thatitou Zhang & Lin, 2023 | | Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058945

Microdipoena thatitou Zhang & Lin, 2023: 362, f. 18A-F (Df) Original description

Microdipoena vanstallei Baert, 1985 | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009228

Microdipoena vanstallei Baert, 1985: 51, f. 13 (Dm) Original description

Microdipoena yinae (Lin & Li, 2013) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045953

Mysmenella yinae Lin & Li, 2013b: 470, f. 18A-F, 19A-E, 20A-B, 21A-F, 22A-B (Dmf) Original description

Microdipoena yinae Zhang & Lin, 2023: 364, f. 19A-H, 20A-E (mf)

Microdipoena zhulin Zhang & Lin, 2023 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058946

Microdipoena zhulin Zhang & Lin, 2023: 364, f. 21A-F, 22A-H, 23A-D (Dmf) Original description