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Mysmenidae (spurred orb-weaver)
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) and Wheeler et al. (2017).
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) and Wheeler et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1928 | Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch |
| 2004 | Mysmeninae Wunderlich p. 1823 |
| 2013 | Mysmenidae Dunlop et al. |
| 2017 | Mysmenidae Wheeler et al. |
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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. 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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 38.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Germany | Mysmena groehni (149488) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Mysmena curvata, Eomysmenopsis spinipes, Mysmena grotae, Palaeomysmena hoffeinsorum (124318) Mysmena groehni (124201 147612) | |
| Priabonian | Germany (Halle) | Eomysmenopsis spinipes (129228) Mysmena groehni (147604 147606 149487) | |
| Priabonian | Ukraine | Mysmeninae indet. (172372) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Mysmena fossilis (124467) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Dominicanopsis grimaldii (122982) Mysmenopsis lissycoleyae (122472) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar | Mysmena sp., Mysmena dominicana, Mysmena copalis (147603) |