Miturgidae


Miturgidae is a family of araneomorph spiders that includes about 200 species in 33 genera worldwide.
First described by Eugène Simon in 1886, it has been substantially revised, and includes the previous family Zoridae as a synonym, and excludes the family Xenoctenidae. Several genera have also been removed, such as the large genus Cheiracanthium, which was transferred to the Cheiracanthiidae.

Description

Spiders of the Miturgidae family are small-to-medium sized spiders, with most genera possessing a brown and gray band pattern on the spider's body.

Behavior

Miturgidae spiders are nocturnal. They live on the ground or on foliage, where they build a sac-like shelter on vegetation or under rocks or other debris. Mother spiders will deposit and protect her eggs in these shelters.

Genera

, this family includes 33 genera and 193 species:Argoctenus L. Koch, 1878 – Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New ZealandCoryssiphus Simon, 1903 – South AfricaDiaprograpta Simon, 1909 – AustraliaElassoctenus Simon, 1909 – AustraliaEupograpta Raven, 2009 – AustraliaHestimodema Simon, 1909 – AustraliaIsrazorides Levy, 2003 – IsraelKnotodo Raven, 2023 – AustraliaMituliodon Raven & Stumkat, 2003 – Australia, TimorMiturga Thorell, 1870 – AustraliaMiturgiella Raven, 2023 – AustraliaMiturgopelma Raven, 2023 – AustraliaMitzoruga Raven, 2009 – AustraliaNuliodon Raven, 2009 – AustraliaOdomasta Simon, 1909 – AustraliaPalicanus Thorell, 1897 – Réunion, Seychelles, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, IndiaParapostenus Lessert, 1923 – Lesotho, South AfricaProchora Simon, 1886 – Algeria, Asia, ItalyPseudoceto Mello-Leitão, 1929 – BrazilSeptsigilla H. B. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2025 – ChinaSimonus Ritsema, 1881 – AustraliaSyrisca Simon, 1886 – DR Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan, Senegal, Argentina, ColombiaSyspira Simon, 1895 – Dominican Rep, Mexico, United StatesSystaria Simon, 1897 – Asia, VanuatuTamin Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Indonesia, Malaysia, BorneoTeminius Keyserling, 1887 – Mexico, United States, Argentina, Paraguay, Greater Antilles to ArgentinaThasyraea L. Koch, 1878 – AustraliaTuxoctenus Raven, 2008 – AustraliaXantharia Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – China, Indonesia, Malaysia, VietnamXeromiturga Raven, 2023 – AustraliaXistera Raven, 2023 – AustraliaZealoctenus Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New ZealandZora C. L. Koch, 1847 – Algeria, Asia, Europe, North America