Microstigmatidae
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Microstigmatidae is a small family of spiders with about 38 described species in eleven genera. They are small ground-dwelling and free-living spiders that make little use of silk.
The family was removed from the family Dipluridae in 1981. The subfamily Pseudonemesiinae from the family Ctenizidae was also transferred into the Microstigmatidae.
Genera
As of January 2026[update], this family includes twelve genera and 44 species:
- Angka Raven & Schwendinger, 1995 – Thailand
- Envia Ott & Höfer, 2004 – Brazil
- Ixamatus Simon, 1887 – Australia
- Kiama Main & Mascord, 1969 – Australia
- Micromygale Platnick & Forster, 1982 – Panama
- Microstigmata Strand, 1932 – South Africa
- Ministigmata Raven & Platnick, 1981 – Brazil
- Pastaza Dupérré & Tapia, 2025 – Ecuador
- Pseudonemesia Caporiacco, 1955 – Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
- Spelocteniza Gertsch, 1982 – Ecuador
- Tonton Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
- Xamiatus Raven, 1981 – Australia
Bibliography
- Ott, R. & Höfer, H. (2003). Envia garciai, a new genus and species of mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Microstigmatidae) from Brazilian Amazonia. - Iheringia 93: 373–379.
- Indicatti, Rafael P.; Lucas, Sylvia M.; Ott, Ricardo & Brescovit, Antonio D. (2008): Litter dwelling mygalomorph spiders (Araneae: Microstigmatidae, Nemesiidae) from Araucaria forests in southern Brazil, with the description of five new species. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25(3): 529–546.
External links
- at iNaturalist