Modisimus

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

Simon, 1893
Species

83, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Bryantina Brignoli, 1985[2]
  • Hedypsilus Simon, 1893[3]
  • Platnicknia Özdikmen & Demir, 2009[4]

Modisimus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[5]

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]

  • Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico
  • Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
  • Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica, Panama
  • Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
  • Huber, 1998 – Panama
  • Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
  • Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico
  • Gertsch, 1973 – Panama
  • Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
  • Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
  • Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
  • Kraus, 1955 – Honduras
  • (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
  • Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • M. culicinus (Simon, 1893) – South America. Introduced to Germany, Czech Rep., Zaire, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China, Australia, Pacific Is.
  • Huber, 1997 – Nicaragua, Panama
  • Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2009 – Mexico
  • Gertsch, 1941 – Panama
  • Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
  • Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
  • Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
  • Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
  • Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
  • Simon, 1893 (type) – Hispaniola, St. Vincent
  • Schmidt, 1956 – Colombia
  • Gertsch, 1973 – Guatemala
  • Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua to Panama
  • Gertsch & Davis, 1937 – Mexico
  • (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
  • O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 – Mexico
  • Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico
  • Huber, 1998 – Guatemala
  • Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 – Mexico
  • Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
  • Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
  • (González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
  • Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
  • (Gertsch & Peck, 1992) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
  • Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
    • Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
  • Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua
  • Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
  • Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico
  • Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Huber, 1998 – Guatemala
  • Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
  • Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica, Panama
  • O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Mexico
  • Banks, 1929 – Panama
  • Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
  • Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
  • Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
  • Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Jiménez & Palacios-Cardiel, 2015 – Mexico
  • Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
  • Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
  • Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua
  • Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
  • (Banks, 1914) – Puerto Rico
  • Huber, 1997 – Venezuela
  • Gertsch & Peck, 1992 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
  • Banks, 1906 – USA, Mexico
  • Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
  • Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
  • Brignoli, 1974 – Mexico
  • Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c 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. ^ "Platnicknia nom. nov., a new name for the preoccupied spider genus Bryantina Brignoli, 1985 (Araneae: Pholcidae)". researchgate.net. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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