Kingdom Animalia Suborder Araneomorphae Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider | Class Arachnida Superfamily Araneoidea Rank Family | |
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Similar Senoculidae, Synotaxidae, Cycloctenidae, Ochyroceratidae, Austrochilidae | ||
The Symphytognathidae are a spider family with 44 described species in six genera.
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The minute species Patu digua with its body size of only 0.37 mm is considered to be one of the smallest spiders in the world.
Distribution
Species occur in the tropics of Central and South America and the Australian region (with Oceania), with three species (Anapistula benoiti, A.caecula, Symphytognatha imbulunga) found in Africa and one (Anapistula ishikawai) in Japan. Anapistula jerai occurs in Southeast Asia.
Genera
References
Symphytognathidae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA