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:

Lucarachne Bryant, 1940 = Mysmenopsis Simon, 1898 (Platnick & Shadab, 1978a: 5)

Gen. Mysmenopsis Simon, 1898 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00805

N.B.: transferred from the Theridiidae to the Symphytognathidae by Gertsch, 1960a: 23 and to the Mysmenidae by Forster & Platnick, 1977: 2; considered a senior synonym of Lucarachne Bryant, 1940: 349 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04988] (type L. tibialis Bryant, 1940) by Platnick & Shadab, 1978a: 5.

Mysmenopsis alvaroi Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051792

Mysmenopsis alvaroi Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 36, f. 97-106 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis amazonica Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051801

Mysmenopsis amazonica Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 60, f. 174-179 (Dm) Original description

Mysmenopsis angamarca Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051790

Mysmenopsis angamarca Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 30, f. 86-90 (Df) Original description

Mysmenopsis archeri Platnick & Shadab, 1978 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009245

Mysmenopsis archeri Platnick & Shadab, 1978a: 16, f. 49-53 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis atahualpa Baert, 1990 | | Peru, Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009246

Mysmenopsis atahualpa Baert, 1990b: 13, f. 27-32 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis atahualpa Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 64, f. 180-189 (mf)

Mysmenopsis awa Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051785

Mysmenopsis awa Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 18, f. 41-50 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis baerti Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051795

Mysmenopsis baerti Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 43, f. 119-128 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis bartolozzii Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051800

Mysmenopsis bartolozzii Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 56, f. 164-173 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis beebei (Gertsch, 1960) | | Trinidad urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009247

Lucarachne beebei Gertsch, 1960a: 29, f. 47-48 (Dm) Original description

Mysmenopsis beebei Platnick & Shadab, 1978a: 9, f. 16-21 (m, Df)

Mysmenopsis capac Baert, 1990 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009248

Mysmenopsis capac Baert, 1990b: 10, f. 13-16 (Dm) Original description

Mysmenopsis chiquita Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047768

Mysmenopsis chiquita Dupérré & Tapia, 2015a: 351, f. 18-22 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis choco Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051784

Mysmenopsis choco Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 15, f. 31-40, 224-225 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis cidrelicola (Simon, 1895) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009249

Theridion cidrelicola Simon, 1894a: 536, f. 547, 552 (nomen nudum; f. 553 see Echinotheridion elicolum)

Theridion cidrelicola Simon, 1895g: 139 (Dm; f see Echinotheridion elicolum) Original description

Lucarachne cidrelicola Gertsch, 1960a: 28 (Tm from Theridion)

Mysmenopsis cidrelicola Platnick & Shadab, 1978a: 11, f. 28-33 (m, Df, T from Lucarachne)

Mysmenopsis cidrelicola Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 781, f. 53A-H, 54A-H, 131C, 140J-K (m)

Mysmenopsis cienaga Müller, 1987 | | Colombia, Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009250

Mysmenopsis cienaga Müller, 1987e: 185, f. 1-3 (Dm) Original description

Mysmenopsis cienaga Baert, 1990b: 13, f. 33-39 (m, Df)

Mysmenopsis cienaga Pantoja, Bonaldo & Xavier, 2023: 70, f. 10A-B, 11A-E (m)

Mysmenopsis corazon Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051793

Mysmenopsis corazon Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 39, f. 107-112 (Dm) Original description

Mysmenopsis cube Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051781

Mysmenopsis cube Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 6, f. 1-10 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis cymbia (Levi, 1956) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009251

Mysmena cymbia Levi, 1956a: 11, f. 38-47 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis cymbia Gertsch, 1960a: 25 (Tmf from Mysmena)

Mysmenopsis dipluramigo Platnick & Shadab, 1978 | | Panama, Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009252

Lucarachne beebei Chickering, 1961c: 95, f. 1-4 (f, misidentified)

Mysmenopsis dipluramigo Platnick & Shadab, 1978a: 10, f. 22-27 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis dipluramigo Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 781, f. 55A-I, 56A-G, 57A-J, 128G, 131B, 140G-H (mf)

Mysmenopsis femoralis Simon, 1898 | | St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009253

Mysmenopsis femoralis Simon, 1898i: 865 (Df) Original description

Mysmenopsis femoralis Gertsch, 1960a: 24, f. 37-39 (f)

Mysmenopsis femoralis Platnick & Shadab, 1978a: 7, f. 7-9 (f)

Mysmenopsis fernandoi Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047767

Mysmenopsis fernandoi Dupérré & Tapia, 2015a: 349, f. 13-17 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis fernandoi Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 69, f. 230-231 (f)

Mysmenopsis funebris Simon, 1898 | | St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009254

Mysmenopsis funebris Simon, 1898i: 865 (Df) Original description

Mysmenopsis funebris Gertsch, 1960a: 25, f. 40-43 (f, Dm)

Mysmenopsis funebris Platnick & Shadab, 1978a: 14, f. 4-6 (m)

Mysmenopsis furtiva Coyle & Meigs, 1989 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009255

Mysmenopsis furtiva Coyle & Meigs, 1989: 66, f. 4, 24-38 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis gamboa Platnick & Shadab, 1978 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009256

Mysmenopsis gamboa Platnick & Shadab, 1978a: 13, f. 34-39 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis guanza Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051796

Mysmenopsis guanza Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 46, f. 129-138 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis guayaca Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051782

Mysmenopsis guayaca Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 9, f. 11-20 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis huascar Baert, 1990 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009257

Mysmenopsis huascar Baert, 1990b: 10, f. 17-26 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis hunachi Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051791

Mysmenopsis hunachi Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 33, f. 91-96 (Dm) Original description

Mysmenopsis ischnamigo Platnick & Shadab, 1978 | | Panama, Trinidad, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009258

Mysmenopsis ischnamigo Platnick & Shadab, 1978a: 7, f. 10-15 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis ischnamigo Baert, 1990b: 17, f. 40-44 (mf)

Mysmenopsis ixlitla (Levi, 1956) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009259

Mysmena ixlitla Levi, 1956a: 9, f. 31, 33-37 (Dmf; not f. 32, see M. mexcala) Original description

Mysmenopsis ixlitla Gertsch, 1960a: 25, f. 45 (Tmf from Mysmena)

Mysmenopsis junin Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051787

Mysmenopsis junin Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 26, f. 61-70 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis kochalkai Platnick & Shadab, 1978 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009260

Mysmenopsis kochalkai Platnick & Shadab, 1978a: 14, f. 40-45 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis lasrocas Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051786

Mysmenopsis lasrocas Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 21, f. 51-60 (Dmf Original description

Mysmenopsis lloa Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051789

Mysmenopsis lloa Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 30, f. 86-90 (Df) Original description

Mysmenopsis lopardoae Pantoja, Bonaldo & Xavier, 2023 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058710

Mysmenopsis lopardoae Pantoja, Bonaldo & Xavier, 2023: 66, f. 6B, D, 7E-H (Dm) Original description

Mysmenopsis mexcala Gertsch, 1960 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009261

Mysmena ixlitla Levi, 1956a: 9, f. 32 (m, misidentified)

Mysmenopsis mexcala Gertsch, 1960a: 26, f. 46 (Dm) Original description

Mysmenopsis monticola Coyle & Meigs, 1989 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009262

Mysmenopsis monticola Coyle & Meigs, 1989: 61, f. 1-3, 8-23 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis nadineae Pantoja, Bonaldo & Xavier, 2023 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058708

Mysmenopsis nadineae Pantoja, Bonaldo & Xavier, 2023: 62, f. 4A-D, 5A-G (mf) Original description

Mysmenopsis onorei Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047765

Mysmenopsis onorei Dupérré & Tapia, 2015a: 345, f. 1-7 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis otokiki Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051783

Mysmenopsis otokiki Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 12, f. 21-30, 222-223, 233 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis otonga Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047766

Mysmenopsis otonga Dupérré & Tapia, 2015a: 348, f. 8-12 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis otonga Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 69, f. 232 (f)

Mysmenopsis pachacutec Baert, 1990 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009263

Mysmenopsis pachacutec Baert, 1990b: 7, f. 7-8 (Df) Original description

Mysmenopsis pachacutec Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 176, f. 65f (f)

Mysmenopsis palpalis (Kraus, 1955) | | Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009264

Lucarachne palpalis Kraus, 1955b: 30, f. 79-85 (Dmf) Original description

Lucarachne palpalis Forster, 1959: 328, f. 149

Lucarachne palpalis Wunderlich, 1978a: 29, f. 10-12 (mf)

Mysmenopsis palpalis Platnick & Shadab, 1978a: 18, f. 54-58 (mf)

Mysmenopsis palpalis Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 781, f. 58A-H, 59A-I, 140I (mf)

Mysmenopsis penai Platnick & Shadab, 1978 | | Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009265

Mysmenopsis penai Platnick & Shadab, 1978a: 16, f. 46-48 (Dm) Original description

Mysmenopsis penai Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 781, f. 60A-H, 61A-D, 62A-H, 131A, 140L (m)

Mysmenopsis penai Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 64, f. 190-199 (m, Df)

Mysmenopsis penai Pantoja, Bonaldo & Xavier, 2023: 73, f. 10C-D (m)

Mysmenopsis pululahua Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051788

Mysmenopsis pululahua Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 29, f. 71-80, 226-227 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis regiae Pantoja, Bonaldo & Xavier, 2023 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058711

Mysmenopsis regiae Pantoja, Bonaldo & Xavier, 2023: 68, f. 8A-E, 9A-D (Dm) Original description

Mysmenopsis rodriguesae Pantoja, Bonaldo & Xavier, 2023 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058707

Mysmenopsis rodriguesae Pantoja, Bonaldo & Xavier, 2023: 58, f. 1A-F, 2A-D, 3A-G (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis salazarae Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051799

Mysmenopsis salazarae Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 53, f. 154-163, 200-215 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis schlingeri Platnick & Shadab, 1978 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009266

Mysmenopsis schlingeri Platnick & Shadab, 1978a: 20, f. 68-71 (Df) Original description

Mysmenopsis shushufindi Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051798

Mysmenopsis shushufindi Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 49, f. 144-153, 228-229 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis shushufindi Pantoja, Bonaldo & Xavier, 2023: 73, f. 10E-F (m)

Mysmenopsis snethlageae Pantoja, Bonaldo & Xavier, 2023 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058709

Mysmenopsis snethlageae Pantoja, Bonaldo & Xavier, 2023: 64, f. 6A, C, 7A-D (Dm) Original description

Mysmenopsis tengellacompa Platnick, 1993 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009267

Mysmenopsis tengellacompa Platnick in Eberhard, Platnick & Schuh, 1993: 8, f. 5-9 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis tepuy Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051797

Mysmenopsis tepuy Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 48, f. 139-143 (Df) Original description

Mysmenopsis tibialis (Bryant, 1940) | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009268

Lucarachne tibialis Bryant, 1940: 350, f. 116-120, 123 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis tibialis Platnick & Shadab, 1978a: 18, f. 59-64 (mf)

Mysmenopsis tibialis Coyle & Meigs, 1989: 63, f. 5-7 (f)

Mysmenopsis tungurahua Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051794

Mysmenopsis tungurahua Dupérré & Tapia, 2020a: 41, f. 113-118 (Dm) Original description

Mysmenopsis viracocha Baert, 1990 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009269

Mysmenopsis viracocha Baert, 1990b: 5, f. 1-6 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmenopsis viracocha Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 176, f. 65e (m)

Mysmenopsis wygodzinskyi Platnick & Shadab, 1978 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009270

Mysmenopsis wygodzinskyi Platnick & Shadab, 1978a: 20, f. 65-67 (Df) Original description

Mysmenopsis yupanqui Baert, 1990 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009271

Mysmenopsis yupanqui Baert, 1990b: 7, f. 9-12 (Dmf) Original description