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Mysmena

Arachnida - Araneae - Mysmenidae

Taxonomy
Mysmena was named by Simon (1894). It is extant. It is the type genus of Mysmenidae.

It was assigned to Mysmenidae by Dunlop et al. (2013) and Wheeler et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Mysmena Simon
2013Mysmena Dunlop et al.
2017Mysmena Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
genusMysmenaSimon 1894

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.

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
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 38.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) M. groehni (147604 147606 149487)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany M. groehni (149488)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) M. curvata, M. grotae (124318) M. groehni (124201 147612)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) M. fossilis (124467)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar M. sp., M. dominicana, M. copalis (147603)