Mysmenidae
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| Spurred orb-weavers Temporal range: | |
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| female Microdipoena guttata | |
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| male Mysmena | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928 |
| Diversity | |
| 17 genera, 188 species | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) | |
Mysmenidae is a spider family with about 180 described species in seventeen genera. The family is one of the least well known of the orb-weaving spiders because of their small size (0.76 to 3 mm (0.03 to 0.12 in)) and cryptic behaviour. These spiders are found in humid habitats such as among leaf litter and in caves.[1]
Species occur in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, New Guinea and several islands.
