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Symphytognathidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Suborder:Araneomorphae
Superfamily:Araneoidea
Family:Symphytognathidae
Hickman, 1931
Diversity
6 genera, 44 species

Genera


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The Symphytognathidae are a spider family with 44 described species in six genera.

The minute species Patu digua with its body size of only 0.37mm is considered to be one of the smallest spiders in the world.

Distribution

Species occur in the tropics of Central and South America and the Australian region (with Oceania), with three species (Anapistula benoiti, A.caecula, Symphytognatha imbulunga) found in Africa and one (Anapistula ishikawai) in Japan. Anapistula jerai occurs in Southeast Asia.

Genera

  • Anapistula Gertsch, 1941 (Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia)
  • Anapogonia Simon, 1905 (Java)
  • Curimagua Forster & Platnick, 1977 (Panama, Venezuela)
  • Globignatha Balogh & Loksa, 1968 (Brazil, Belize)
  • Patu Marples, 1951 (Colombia, Oceania)
  • Symphytognatha Hickman, 1931 (Mexico to Brazil, Africa, Australia, New Guinea)

See also

References

  • Forster, R.R. & Platnick, N.I. (1977). A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae). American Museum novitates 2619. PDF 20Mb Abstract
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Mesothelae: Liphistiidae Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae - Antrodiaetidae - Atypidae - Barychelidae - Ctenizidae - Cyrtaucheniidae - Dipluridae - Hexathelidae - Idiopidae - Mecicobothriidae - Microstigmatidae - Migidae - Nemesiidae - Paratropididae - Theraphosidae Araneomorphae: Agelenidae - Amaurobiidae - Ammoxenidae - Amphinectidae - Anapidae - Anyphaenidae - Araneidae - Archaeidae - Austrochilidae - Caponiidae - Chummidae - Cithaeronidae - Clubionidae - Corinnidae - Cryptothelidae - Ctenidae - Cyatholipidae - Cybaeidae - Cycloctenidae - Deinopidae - Desidae - Dictynidae - Diguetidae - Drymusidae - Dysderidae - Eresidae - Filistatidae - Gallieniellidae - Gnaphosidae - Gradungulidae - Hahniidae - Halidae - Hersiliidae - Holarchaeidae - Homalonychidae - Huttoniidae - Hypochilidae - Lamponidae - Leptonetidae - Linyphiidae - Liocranidae - Lycosidae - Malkaridae - Mecysmaucheniidae - Micropholcommatidae - Mimetidae - Miturgidae - Mysmenidae - Neolanidae - Nephilidae - Nesticidae - Nicodamidae - Ochyroceratidae - Oecobiidae - Oonopidae - Orsolobidae - Oxyopidae - Palpimanidae - Pararchaeidae - Periegopidae - Philodromidae - Pholcidae - Phyxelididae - Pimoidae - Pisauridae - Plectreuridae - Prodidomidae - Psechridae - Salticidae - Scytodidae - Segestriidae - Selenopidae - Senoculidae - Sicariidae - Sparassidae - Stenochilidae - Stiphidiidae - Symphytognathidae - Synaphridae - Synotaxidae - Telemidae - Tengellidae - Tetrablemmidae - Tetragnathidae - Theridiidae - Theridiosomatidae - Thomisidae - Titanoecidae - Trechaleidae - Trochanteriidae - Uloboridae - Zodariidae - Zoridae - Zorocratidae - Zoropsidae
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Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829

Subphyla and Classes
  • Subphylum Trilobitomorpha
  • Trilobita - trilobites (extinct)
  • Subphylum Chelicerata

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Arachnida
Cuvier, 1812

Extant orders

Acarina
Amblypygi
Araneae
Opiliones
Palpigradi
Pseudoscorpionida
Ricinulei
Schizomida
Scorpiones
Solifugae
Uropygi
Arachnids are a class (Arachnida
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Araneae
Clerck, 1757

Diversity
111 families, 40,000 species

Suborders

Mesothelae
Mygalomorphae
Araneomorphae
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Spiders
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Araneomorphae

Diversity
95 families

Families

see Table of families
The Araneomorphae, are a suborder of spiders. They are distinguished by having chelicerae that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast
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This page lists all described species of the spider family Symphytognathidae as of July 18, 2006.

Anapistula

Anapistula Gertsch, 1941
  • Anapistula appendix Tong & Li, 2006 (China)
  • Anapistula aquytabuera Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 (Brazil)

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Araneae
Clerck, 1757

Diversity
111 families, 40,000 species

Suborders

Mesothelae
Mygalomorphae
Araneomorphae
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Spiders
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P. digua

Binomial name
Patu digua
Forster & Platnick, 1977

Patu digua is by some accounts considered to be the smallest spider in the world, with males reaching a body size of about 0.
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Central America (Spanish: Centroamérica or América Central) is a central geographic region of the Americas. It is variably defined either as the southern portion of North America, which connects with South America on the southeast, or a region of
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South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie
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Anthem
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Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
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Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,221,532 km² (11,668,545 sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.4% of the total land area.
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Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, and north of Australia.
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Willis John Gertsch (1906 - 1998) was an entomologist specialising in arachnology. He classified a number of species, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider.
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Eugène Simon (April 30, 1848 - November 17, 1924) was a French arachnologist. His many taxonomic contributions include categorizing and naming many spiders, as well as creating genera such as Anelosimus, Psellocoptus and Phlogius.
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Norman I. Platnick is an American arachnologist, and the Peter J. Solomon Family Curator of the invertebrate zoology department of the American Museum of Natural History. A 1973 Ph.D.
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Patu
Marples, 1951

Diversity
8 species

Species

See text.

Patu is a genus of spiders in the family Symphytognathidae that occurs in Colombia and Oceania.
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This page lists all described species of the spider family Symphytognathidae as of July 18, 2006.

Anapistula

Anapistula Gertsch, 1941
  • Anapistula appendix Tong & Li, 2006 (China)
  • Anapistula aquytabuera Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 (Brazil)

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Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829

Subphyla and Classes
  • Subphylum Trilobitomorpha
  • Trilobita - trilobites (extinct)
  • Subphylum Chelicerata

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Arachnida
Cuvier, 1812

Extant orders

Acarina
Amblypygi
Araneae
Opiliones
Palpigradi
Pseudoscorpionida
Ricinulei
Schizomida
Scorpiones
Solifugae
Uropygi
Arachnids are a class (Arachnida
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Mesothelae

Families

†Arthrolycosidae
†Arthromygalidae
Liphistiidae

The Mesothelae are one suborder of spiders (Order Araneae) that includes the extinct families Arthrolycosidae and Arthromygalidae, and the only recent family
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Liphistiidae
Thorell, 1869

Diversity
5 genera, 87 species



Genera

Heptathela
Liphistius
Nanthela
Ryuthela
Songthela

The spider family
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Mygalomorphae

Diversity
15 families

Families

Mecicobothriidae
Microstigmatidae
Hexathelidae
Dipluridae
Nemesiidae
Theraphosidae
Paratropididae
Barychelidae
Atypidae
Antrodiaetidae
Cyrtaucheniidae
Idiopidae
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Actinopodidae
Simon, 1892

Diversity
3 genera, 41 species



Genera

Actinopus
Missulena
Plesiolena

The spider family Actinopodidae
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Antrodiaetidae
Gertsch, 1940

Diversity
2 genera, 32 species



Genera

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The folding trapdoor spiders (Antrodiaetidae
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Atypidae
Thorell, 1870

Diversity
3 genera, 40 species



Genera

Atypus
Calommata
Sphodros

The atypical tarantulas or purseweb spiders (family
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