Long-legged sac spiders Temporal range:
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Miturga albopunctata | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: |
Miturgidae Simon, 1886 |
Diversity | |
29 genera, 167 species | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Zoridae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 |
Miturgidae is a family of araneomorph spiders that includes nearly 170 species in 29 genera worldwide. [1] First described by Eugène Simon in 1886, [2] it has been substantially revised, and includes the previous family Zoridae as a synonym, [3] and excludes the family Xenoctenidae. [4] Several genera have also been removed, such as the large genus Cheiracanthium, which was transferred to the Cheiracanthiidae. [5]
As of April 2019 [update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: [1]
Long-legged sac spiders Temporal range:
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Miturga albopunctata | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: |
Miturgidae Simon, 1886 |
Diversity | |
29 genera, 167 species | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Zoridae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 |
Miturgidae is a family of araneomorph spiders that includes nearly 170 species in 29 genera worldwide. [1] First described by Eugène Simon in 1886, [2] it has been substantially revised, and includes the previous family Zoridae as a synonym, [3] and excludes the family Xenoctenidae. [4] Several genera have also been removed, such as the large genus Cheiracanthium, which was transferred to the Cheiracanthiidae. [5]
As of April 2019 [update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: [1]