Drymusidae

Drymusidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1893,[1] and elevated to family status by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1986.[2]

False violin spiders
Drymusa sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Drymusidae
Simon, 1893
Genera
Diversity
2 genera, 18 species

Genera
Main article: List of Drymusidae species

As of April 2019, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[3]

  • Drymusa Simon, 1892 — Caribbean, Costa Rica, South America
  • Izithunzi Labarque, Pérez-González & Griswold, 2018 — South Africa

References
  1. Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées.
  2. Lehtinen, P. T. (1986). "Evolution of the Scytodoidea". Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Arachnology, Panama 1983: 149–157.
  3. "Family: Drymusidae Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-22.


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