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Mysmenidae (spurred orb-weaver)

Arachnida - Araneae - Mysmenidae

Taxonomy
Mysmenidae was named by Petrunkevitch (1928). It is extant. Its type is Mysmena.

It was reranked as the subfamily Mysmeninae by Wunderlich (2004).

It was assigned to Anapidae by Wunderlich (2004); and to Araneoidea by Dunlop et al. (2013), Wheeler et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch
2004Mysmeninae Wunderlich p. 1823
2013Mysmenidae Dunlop et al.
2017Mysmenidae Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
EntelegynaeSimon 1893
superfamilyAraneoideaSimon 1895
familyMysmenidaePetrunkevitch 1928
familyMysmenidaePetrunkevitch 1928

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch 1928 [spurred orb-weaver]
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G. †Dominicanopsis Wunderlich 2004
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Dominicanopsis grimaldii Wunderlich 2004
G. †Eomysmenopsis Wunderlich 2004
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Eomysmenopsis spinipes Wunderlich 2004
G. †Myanmarmysmena Wunderlich 2023
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Myanmarmysmena grandipalpus Wunderlich 2023
G. Mysmena Simon 1894
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Mysmena copalis Wunderlich 2011
Mysmena curvata Wunderlich 2011
Mysmena dominicana Wunderlich 1998
Mysmena fossilis Petrunkevitch 1971
Mysmena groehni Wunderlich 2004
Mysmena grotae Wunderlich 2004
G. Mysmenopsis Simon 1897
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Mysmenopsis lissycoleyae Penney 2000
G. †Palaeomysmena Wunderlich 2004
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Palaeomysmena hoffeinsorum Wunderlich 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available