Prowling Spiders

Miturgidae

Classification

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Miturgidae: //mɪˈtɜːrdʒɪˌdeɪ//

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Images

Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba (Tab. 4) BHL34893056 by Orbigny, Alcide Dessalines d'; Richard, Achille; Sagra, Ramón de la. Used under a Public domain license.
Zora hespera by Gergin Blagoev, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics. Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
Castianeira sp UV 2 PEM by Patrick Edwin Moran. Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
Castianeira sp UV 1 PEM by Patrick Edwin Moran. Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
Castianeira sp UV 3 PEM by Patrick Edwin Moran. Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
Castianeira sp UV 4 PEM by Patrick Edwin Moran. Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.

Summary

Miturgidae is a family of araneomorph spiders that includes nearly 170 species in 29 genera worldwide. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1886 and has undergone significant taxonomic revisions since.

Distribution

North America north of Mexico, with specific species found in Baja California, New Mexico, southwestern United States, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Greater Antilles (Cuba to the Virgin Islands), and most of tropical South America.

Evolution

The family Miturgidae was originally placed in Clubionidae and elevated to family status by Lehtinen in 1967. It includes species previously classified under Zoridae as a synonym. Several genera have been revised and removed, such as Cheiracanthium, which is now placed in Cheiracanthiidae.

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Tags

  • Miturgidae
  • Prowling Spiders
  • Arachnology
  • Araneomorphae