Family: MYSMENIDAE Petrunkevitch, 1928

dwarf cobweb weavers

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ANAPIDAE SYMPHYTOGNATHIDAE THERIDIIDAE THERIDIOSOMATIDAE

Family Name Authority

Petrunkevitch, A. 1928. Systema Aranearum. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 29 1-270.

Diagnosis

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Characters

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Distribution

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Natural History

Feeding Guild:^† (Not recorded or unknown)

(General natural history not yet recorded or unknown)

^†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.

Nearctic Taxonomic/Species Richness

Number of Nearctic Species: 5 (as documented in the World Spider Catalog & includes introductions)

Nearctic/Palearctic Genera

#	Genus	Ref.	Common Name
1	Calodipoena Gertsch & Davis, 1936

2	Maymena Gertsch, 1960

3	Microdipoena Banks, 1895

4	Mysmenella Brignoli, 1980

5	Mysmenopsis Simon, 1897

6	Trogloneta Simon, 1922

Nearctic/Palearctic Species Images

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