Symphytognatha

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Symphytognathidae
Genus: Symphytognatha
Species: S. blesti – S. brasiliana – S. cabezota – S. carstica – S. chickeringi – S. fouldsi – S. gertschi – S. globosa – S. goodnightorum – S. imbulunga – S. orghidani – S. picta – S. tacaca – S. ulur
Name

Symphytognatha Hickman, 1931

Type species: Symphytognatha globosa Vernon Victor Hickman, 1931, by monotypy
References
Primary references

Hickman, V. V. 1931. A new family of spiders. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (B) 1931: 1321–1328. [1322]

Additional references

Dupérré, N. & Tapia, E. 2017. On some minuscule spiders (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae, Symphytognathidae) from the Chocó region of Ecuador with the description of ten new species. Zootaxa 4341(3): 375–399. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.3.3. Reference page.
Forster, R.R. & Platnick, N.I. 1977: A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2619: 1-29. Reference page.
Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Symphytognatha is a genus of dwarf orb-weavers that was first described by V. V. Hickman in 1931.[2]
Species

As of September 2019 it contains fifteen widely dispersed species:[1]

Symphytognatha blesti Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Australia (New South Wales)
Symphytognatha brasiliana Balogh & Loksa, 1968 – Brazil
Symphytognatha cabezota Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 – Ecuador
Symphytognatha carstica Brescovit, Álvares & Lopes, 2004 – Brazil
Symphytognatha chickeringi Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Jamaica
Symphytognatha fouldsi Harvey, 2001 – Australia (Western Australia)
Symphytognatha gertschi Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Mexico
Symphytognatha globosa Hickman, 1931 (type) – Australia (Tasmania)
Symphytognatha goodnightorum Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Belize
Symphytognatha imbulunga Griswold, 1987 – South Africa
Symphytognatha milleri Lin, 2019 – China
Symphytognatha orghidani Georgescu, 1988 – Cuba
Symphytognatha picta Harvey, 1992 – Australia (Western Australia)
Symphytognatha tacaca Brescovit, Álvares & Lopes, 2004 – Brazil
Symphytognatha ulur Platnick, 1979 – New Guinea

See also

List of Symphytognathidae species

References

"Gen. Symphytognatha Hickman, 1931". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
Hickman, V. V. (1931). "A new family of spiders". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1931 (4): 1321–1328. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1931.tb01063.x.