Synotaxidae

Synotaxidae
Pahoroides female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Synotaxidae
Simon, 1894
Genera

See text.

Diversity
13 genera, 68 species

The Synotaxidae are a spider family with 68 described species in 13 genera. It has been proposed that the family be limited to the Synotaxinae, with the Pahorinae and Physogeleninae placed in a separate family, Physogelenidae,[1] although as of October 2016 this has not been accepted by other sources.[2]

Distribution

Species of this family occur in Central and South America, New Zealand and Australia.

Genera

The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog.

  • Nomaua Forster, 1990
  • Pahora Forster, 1990
  • Pahoroides Forster, 1990
  • Runga Forster, 1990
  • Wairua Forster, 1990
  • Meringa Forster, 1990 — New Zealand
  • Paratupua Platnick, 1990Australia
  • Physoglenes Simon, 1904Chile
  • Tupua Platnick, 1990Tasmania
  • Calcarsynotaxus Wunderlich, 1995 — Australia
  • Chileotaxus Platnick, 1990 — Chile
  • Synotaxus Simon, 1895South America
  • Mangua Forster, 1990 — New Zealand

See also

References

  1. Dimitrov, Dimitar; Benavides, Ligia R.; Arnedo, Miquel A.; Giribet, Gonzalo; Griswold, Charles E.; Scharff, Nikolaj & Hormiga, Gustavo (2016). "Rounding up the usual suspects: a standard target-gene approach for resolving the interfamilial phylogenetic relationships of ecribellate orb-weaving spiders with a new family-rank classification (Araneae, Araneoidea)" (PDF). Cladistics. doi:10.1111/cla.12165. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  2. "Currently valid spider genera and species". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum, Bern. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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