Phrurolithidae

Phrurolithidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by N. Banks in 1982.[1] First included in the Corinnidae as the subfamily Phrurolithinae, later phylogenetic studies justified a separate family.[2]

Phrurolithidae
Temporal range:
Otacilia lynx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phrurolithidae
Banks, 1892
Diversity
17 genera, 255 species

Genera
Main article: List of Phrurolithidae species

As of January 2022, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[3]

  • Abdosetae Fu, Zhang & MacDermott, 2010 — Indonesia
  • Alboculus Liu, 2020 — China
  • Bosselaerius Zamani & Marusik, 2020 — Asia
  • Corealithus Kamura, 2021 — Asia
  • Dorymetaecus Rainbow, 1920 — Australia
  • Labialithus Kamura, 2021 — Asia
  • Liophrurillus Wunderlich, 1992 — Europe, North Africa
  • Otacilia Thorell, 1897 — Asia
  • Pennalithus Kamura, 2021 — Asia
  • Phonotimpus Gertsch & Davis, 1940 — Mexico
  • Phrurolinillus Wunderlich, 1995 — Portugal, Spain
  • Phrurolithus C. L. Koch, 1839 — North America, Asia, Europe, Cuba
  • Phruronellus Chamberlin, 1921 — United States
  • Phrurotimpus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 — United States, Canada
  • Piabuna Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 — United States, Mexico
  • Plynnon Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 — Indonesia
  • Scotinella Banks, 1911 — United States, Canada

See also

References
  1. Banks, N. (1892). "A classification of North American spiders". The Canadian Entomologist. 24 (4): 88–97. doi:10.4039/Ent2488-4.
  2. Ramírez, Martín J. (2014). "The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 390: 342–343. doi:10.1206/821.1. hdl:2246/6537. S2CID 86146467.
  3. "Family: Phrurolithidae Banks, 1892". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 25 January 2022.


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