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Mysmena wawuensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928
Diversity
17 genera, 188 species

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]

Distribution

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Species occur in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, New Guinea and several islands.

Genera

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As of August 2023^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:^[2]

Brasilionata Wunderlich, 1995 — Brazil
Chanea Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 — China
Chimena Lin & Li, 2022 — China, Taiwan
Drungena Lin & S. Li, 2023 — China
Gaoligonga Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 — China, Vietnam
Isela Griswold, 1985 — Kenya, South Africa
Maymena Gertsch, 1960 — North America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Central America, Peru
Mengmena Lin & Li, 2022 — China
Microdipoena Banks, 1895 — Africa, United States, Paraguay, Asia, Oceania
Mosu Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 — China
Mysmena Simon, 1894 — Oceania, Asia, Caribbean, North America, Algeria, Spain, South America, Panama
Mysmeniola Thaler, 1995 — Venezuela
Mysmenopsis Simon, 1898 — South America, Caribbean, North America, Central America
Phricotelus Simon, 1895 — Sri Lanka, China
Simaoa Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009
Trogloneta Simon, 1922 — Brazil, Asia, United States
Yamaneta Miller & Lin, 2019 — China

References

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^ Lin, Yucheng; Li, Shuqiang (12 May 2013). "Two new species of the genera Mysmena and Trogloneta (Mysmenidae,Araneae) from Southwestern China" (PDF). ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
^ "Family: Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

Coyle F.A., Meigs T.E. (1989). "Two new species of kleptoparasitic Mysmenopsis (Araneae, Mysmenidae) from Jamaica" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 17 (1): 59–70.
Coyle F.A., O'Shields T.C. Perlmutter D.G. (1991). "Observations on the behaviour of the kleptoparasitic spider, Mysmenopsis furtiva (Araneae, Mysmenidae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 19 (1): 62–6.
Hajer J, Reháková D (2003). "Spinning activity of the spider Trogloneta granulum (Araneae, Mysmenidae): web, cocoon, cocoon handling behaviour, draglines and attachment discs". Zoology (Jena). 106 (3): 223–31. doi:10.1078/0944-2006-00117. PMID 16351906.