- Mysmenidae
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Mysmenidae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Suborder: Araneomorphae Superfamily: Araneoidea Family: Mysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928Genera see text
Diversity 22 genera, 91 species 
The Mysmenidae are a spider family with almost 100 described species in more than twenty genera.
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Distribution
Species occur in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, New Guinea and several islands.
Genera
- Acrobleps Hickman, 1979 (Tasmania)
- Anjouanella Baert, 1986 (Comoro Islands)
- Brasilionata Wunderlich, 1995 (Brazil)
- Calodipoena Gertsch & Davis, 1936 (Central America, Caribic, Algeria)
- Calomyspoena Baert & Maelfait, 1983 (Galapagos)
- Crassignatha Wunderlich, 1995 (Malaysia)
- Iardinis Simon, 1899 (Nepal, India)
- Isela Griswold, 1985 (South Africa)
- Itapua Baert, 1984 (Paraguay)
- Kekenboschiella Baert, 1982 (New Guinea)
- Kilifina Baert & Murphy, 1992 (Kenya)
- Leviola Miller, 1970 (Angola)
- Maymena Gertsch, 1960 (Central to South America)
- Microdipoena Banks, 1895 (USA to Paraguay, Africa)
- Mysmena Simon, 1894 (Mediterranean, Oceania)
- Mysmenella Brignoli, 1980 (Palearctic, Africa, Oceania)
- Mysmeniola Thaler, 1995 (Venezuela)
- Mysmenopsis Simon, 1897 (USA to Peru)
- Phricotelus Simon, 1895 (Sri Lanka)
- Tamasesia Marples, 1955 (Samoa, New Caledonia)
- Taphiassa Simon, 1880 (New Caledonia)
- Trogloneta Simon, 1922 (USA, Europe, Canary Islands)
See also
- List of Mysmenidae species
- Spider families
References
- Coyle F.A., Meigs T.E. (1989). "Two new species of kleptoparasitic Mysmenopsis (Araneae, Mysmenidae) from Jamaica" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology 17 (1): 59–70. http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v17_n1/JoA_v17_p59.pdf.
- Coyle F.A., O'Shields T.C. Perlmutter D.G. (1991). "Observations on the behaviour of the kleptoparasitic spider, Mysmenopsis furtiva (Araneae, Mysmenidae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology 19 (1): 62–6. http://americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v19_n1/JoA_v19_p62.pdf.
- Hajer J, Reháková D (2003). "Spinning activity of the spider Trogloneta granulum (Araneae, Mysmenidae): web, cocoon, cocoon handling behaviour, draglines and attachment discs". Zoology (Jena) 106 (3): 223–31. doi:10.1078/0944-2006-00117. PMID 16351906. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0944-2006(04)70097-5.
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