Mysmena Simon, 1894

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: transferred from the Theridiidae to the Symphytognathidae by Forster, 1959: 270 and to the Mysmenidae by Forster & Platnick, 1977: 2; not a senior synonym of Microdipoena Banks, 1895 (Saaristo, 1978: 125); considered a senior synonym of Calodipoena Gertsch & Davis, 1936: 8 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00790] (type C. incredula Gertsch & Davis, 1936) (removed from the synonymy of Mysmena Simon, 1894 by Brignoli, 1980j: 729, contra Levi, 1956a: 3, but see also Wunderlich, 2004h: 1073), of Itapua Baert, 1984a: 604 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00796] (type I. tembei Baert, 1984), of Calomyspoena Baert & Maelfait, 1983: 104 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00791] (type C. santacruzi Baert & Maelfait, 1983), of Tamasesia Marples, 1955a: 476 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00808] (type T. rotunda Marples, 1955) (transferred from the Tamasesiidae to the Theridiidae and synonymized with Mysmena Simon, 1894 by Levi, 1956a: 3; removed from synonymy and transferred to the Mysmenidae by Brignoli, 1980j: 730), and of Kekenboschiella Baert, 1982: 303 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00797] (type K. marijkeae Baert, 1982; several undescribed females from New Guinea are illustrated by Baert, 1984b) by Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 784, 785; considered a senior synonym of Mysmenella Brignoli, 1980 by Wunderlich, 2004h: 1073, Mysmenella was removed from this synonymy and considered a junior synonym of Microdipoena Banks, 1895 by Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 783.

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Last updated: 2023-07-14

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 51

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Simon, 1894a: 558 type Theridion leucoplagiatum Simon, 1880; gender feminine
Reference

Simon, E. (1894a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 489-760. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2022-06-19 Nota bene edited Old value
2022-06-14 Nota bene edited Old value
2022-06-14 Nota bene edited Old value
2015-07-08 Nota bene edited Old value
2015-07-08 Genus synonymy Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015 Kekenboschiella synonymized with Mysmena
2015-07-08 Genus synonymy Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015 Tamasesia synonymized with Mysmena
2015-07-08 Genus synonymy Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015 Calomyspoena synonymized with Mysmena
2015-07-08 Genus synonymy Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015 Itapua synonymized with Mysmena
2015-07-08 Genus synonymy Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015 Calodipoena synonymized with Mysmena

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