Modisimus

Modisimus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[4]

Modisimus
Temporal range: Neogene– Present
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Modisimus
Simon, 1893[1]
Type species
M. glaucus
Simon, 1893
Species

83, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Hedypsilus Simon, 1893[2]
  • Platnicknia Özdikmen & Demir, 2009[3]

Species

As of June 2019 it contains eighty-three species and one subspecies, found in Central America, Europe, Asia, North America, the Caribbean, South America, Australia, on the Seychelles, and the Pacific Islands:[1]

  • M. angulatus Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. bachata Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. beneficus Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico
  • M. berac Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. boneti Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
  • M. bribri Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica, Panama
  • M. cahuita Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
  • M. caldera Huber, 1998 – Panama
  • M. cavaticus Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
  • M. chiapa Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico
  • M. chickeringi Gertsch, 1973 – Panama
  • M. cienaga Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. coco Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
  • M. coeruleolineatus Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
  • M. concolor Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
  • M. cornutus Kraus, 1955 – Honduras
  • M. coxanus (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
  • M. cuadro Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. culicinus (Simon, 1893) – South America. Introduced to Germany, Czech Rep., Zaire, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China, Australia, Pacific Is.
  • M. david Huber, 1997 – Nicaragua, Panama
  • M. deltoroi Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2009 – Mexico
  • M. dilutus Gertsch, 1941 – Panama
  • M. dominical Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
  • M. elevatus Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
  • M. elongatus Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
  • M. enriquillo Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. epepye Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. femoratus Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
  • M. fuscus Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
  • M. glaucus Simon, 1893 (type) – Hispaniola, St. Vincent
  • M. globosus Schmidt, 1956 – Colombia
  • M. gracilipes Gertsch, 1973 – Guatemala
  • M. guatuso Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua to Panama
  • M. guerrerensis Gertsch & Davis, 1937 – Mexico
  • M. incertus (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
  • M. inornatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 – Mexico
  • M. iviei Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico
  • M. ixobel Huber, 1998 – Guatemala
  • M. jima Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. kiskeya Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. leprete Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. macaya Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. maculatipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 – Mexico
  • M. madreselva Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
  • M. makandal Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. mango Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. mariposas Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. mckenziei Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
  • M. minima (González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
  • M. miri Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. mitchelli Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
  • M. modicus (Gertsch & Peck, 1992) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
  • M. montanus Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
    • Modisimus m. dentatus Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
  • M. nicaraguensis Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua
  • M. ovatus Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
  • M. palenque Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico
  • M. palvet Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. pana Huber, 1998 – Guatemala
  • M. paraiso Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. pavidus Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
  • M. pelejil Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. pittier Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica, Panama
  • M. propinquus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Mexico
  • M. pulchellus Banks, 1929 – Panama
  • M. pusillus Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
  • M. rainesi Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
  • M. reddelli Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
  • M. roumaini Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. sanpedro Jiménez & Palacios-Cardiel, 2015 – Mexico
  • M. sanvito Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
  • M. sarapiqui Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
  • M. seguin Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. selvanegra Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua
  • M. sexoculatus Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
  • M. signatus (Banks, 1914) – Puerto Rico
  • M. simoni Huber, 1997 – Venezuela
  • M. solus Gertsch & Peck, 1992 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
  • M. texanus Banks, 1906 – USA, Mexico
  • M. tiburon Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. toma Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. tortuguero Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
  • M. tzotzile Brignoli, 1974 – Mexico
  • M. vittatus Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola

See also

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Modisimus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. Huber, B. A. (1997). "On the distinction between Modisimus and Hedypsilus (Araneae, Pholcidae), with notes on behavior and natural history". Zoologica Scripta. 25 (3): 238. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1996.tb00164.x. S2CID 85130839.
  3. Huber, B. A.; Eberle, J.; Dimitrov, D. (2018). "The phylogeny of pholcid spiders: a critical evaluation of relationships suggested by molecular data (Araneae, Pholcidae)". ZooKeys (789): 99. doi:10.3897/zookeys.789.22781. PMC 6193417. PMID 30344435.
  4. Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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