Arachnida - Araneae - Mysmenidae
Alternative spelling: Mysmeninae
Parent taxon: Araneoidea according to W. C. Wheeler et al. 2017
See also Dunlop et al. 2013 and Wunderlich 2004
Sister taxa: Anapidae, Baltsuccinidae, Burmascutidae, Cretamysmenidae, Cretaraneus, Cyatholipidae, Eocoddingtonia, Juraraneidae, Leviunguidae, Linyphiidae, Mesarania, Mesozygiella, Mimetidae, Nanoaenigmatidae, Nesticidae, Orbipurae, Pimoidae, Praetheridiidae, Protheridiidae, Pumiliopimoidae, Synaphridae, Synotaxidae, Tetragnathidae, Theridiidae, Theridiosomatidae, Zarqaraneidae
Subtaxa: Dominicanopsis Eomysmenopsis Myanmarmysmena Mysmena Mysmenopsis Palaeomysmena
Type: Mysmena
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Madagascar (1 collection)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Mexico (1)
• Eocene of Germany (5), the Russian Federation (3), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (1)
Total: 14 collections including 19 occurrences