Family: Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0079] Detail
In synonymy:
Calodipoena Gertsch & Davis, 1936 = Mysmena Simon, 1894 (Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 784)
Calomyspoena Baert & Maelfait, 1983 = Mysmena Simon, 1894 (Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 784)
Itapua Baert, 1984 = Mysmena Simon, 1894 (Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 784)
Kekenboschiella Baert, 1982 = Mysmena Simon, 1894 (Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 785)
Tamasesia Marples, 1955 = Mysmena Simon, 1894 (Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 785)
Gen. Mysmena Simon, 1894 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00802] Detail
type Theridion leucoplagiatum Simon, 1880; gender feminine
N.B.: transferred from the Theridiidae to the Symphytognathidae by Forster, 1959: 270 and to the Mysmenidae by Forster & Platnick, 1977: 2; not a senior synonym of Microdipoena Banks, 1895 (Saaristo, 1978: 125); considered a senior synonym of Calodipoena Gertsch & Davis, 1936: 8 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00790] (type C. incredula Gertsch & Davis, 1936) (removed from the synonymy of Mysmena Simon, 1894 by Brignoli, 1980j: 729, contra Levi, 1956a: 3, but see also Wunderlich, 2004h: 1073), of Itapua Baert, 1984a: 604 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00796] (type I. tembei Baert, 1984), of Calomyspoena Baert & Maelfait, 1983: 104 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00791] (type C. santacruzi Baert & Maelfait, 1983), of Tamasesia Marples, 1955a: 476 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00808] (type T. rotunda Marples, 1955) (transferred from the Tamasesiidae to the Theridiidae and synonymized with Mysmena Simon, 1894 by Levi, 1956a: 3; removed from synonymy and transferred to the Mysmenidae by Brignoli, 1980j: 730), and of Kekenboschiella Baert, 1982: 303 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00797] (type K. marijkeae Baert, 1982; several undescribed females from New Guinea are illustrated by Baert, 1984b) by Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 784, 785; considered a senior synonym of Mysmenella Brignoli, 1980 by Wunderlich, 2004h: 1073, Mysmenella was removed from this synonymy and considered a junior synonym of Microdipoena Banks, 1895 by Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 783.
Transferred to other genera:
Mysmena cymbia Levi, 1956 -- see Mysmenopsis
Mysmena guttata (Banks, 1895) -- see Microdipoena
Mysmena haban Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 -- see Drungena
Mysmena illectrix Simon, 1895 -- see Microdipoena
Mysmena ixlitla Levi, 1956 -- see Mysmenopsis
Mysmena jobi Kraus, 1967 -- see Microdipoena
Mysmena nojimai Ono, 2010 -- see Trogloneta
Mysmena quadrimaculata Banks, 1896 -- see Paratheridula
Mysmena saltuensis Simon, 1895 -- see Microdipoena
Mysmena samoensis (Marples, 1955) -- see Microdipoena
Mysmena taiwanica Ono, 2007 -- see Chimena
Mysmena zhengi Lin & Li, 2008 -- see Mosu
Mysmena acuminata (Marples, 1955) | m f | Samoa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009278]
Tamasesia acuminata Marples, 1955a: 478, pl. 57, f. 15, 19, 21 (Dmf).
Mysmena arcilonga Lin & Li, 2008 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041953]
Mysmena arcilongus Lin & Li, 2008b: 497, f. 7A-I (Dm).
Mysmena arcilonga Zhang, Li & Lin, 2022: 84, f. 16A-G, 17A-D, 18A-C (m, Df).
Mysmena awari (Baert, 1984) | m | New Guinea     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009208]
Kekenboschiella awari Baert, 1984b: 232, f. 12-15 (Dm).
Mysmena awari Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 785, f. 133D-E, 142J-L (m).
Mysmena baoxingensis Lin & Li, 2013 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045952]
Mysmena baoxingensis Lin & Li, 2013b: 464, f. 13A-F, 14A-E, 15A-C, 16A-E, 17A-B (Dmf).
Mysmena baoxingensis Zhang & Wang, 2017: 463, 6 f. (m).
Mysmena biangulata (Lin & Li, 2008) | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041954]
Calodipoena biangulata Lin & Li, 2008b: 499, f. 8A-E, 9A-H (Dmf).
Mysmena biangulata Zhang, Li & Lin, 2022: 88, f. 19A-F, 20A-E (mf).
Mysmena bizi Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042398]
Mysmena bizi Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009: 37, f. 21D-E, 22A-E, 23A-B, 24A-F, 25A-F (Dmf).
Mysmena bizi Zhang et al., 2023d: S44, f. S26A-F, S27A-G (mf).
Mysmena bucera Q. Zhang, S. Li & Lin, 2023 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058578]
Mysmena bucera Q. Zhang, S. Li & Lin, in Zhang et al., 2023d: 738, S47, f. S28A-F, S29A-H (Dmf).
Mysmena calypso Gertsch, 1960 | m | Trinidad     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009229]
Mysmena calypso Gertsch, 1960a: 22, f. 17-18 (Dm).
Mysmena caribbaea (Gertsch, 1960) | m f | Jamaica, Trinidad     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009193]
Mysmena caribbaea Gertsch, 1960a: 21, f. 24, 30-31 (Dmf).
Calodipoena caribbaea Brignoli, 1980j: 729 (Tmf from Mysmena).
Mysmena changouzi Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042396]
Mysmena changouzi Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009: 35, f. 11G-I, 15A-E, 16A-B, 17A-F, 18A-C, 19A-F (Dmf).
Mysmena changouzi Zhang et al., 2023d: S48, f. S30A-F, S31A-F (mf).
Mysmena colima (Gertsch, 1960) | m f | Mexico     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009194]
Mysmena incredula Levi, 1956a: 5, f. 6, 11-14, 17 (mf, misidentified).
Mysmena colima Gertsch, 1960a: 18, f. 25-26, 32-34 (Dmf).
Calodipoena colima Brignoli, 1980j: 729 (Tmf from Mysmena).
Mysmena conica (Simon, 1895) | m | Algeria     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009195]
Mysmena conica Simon, 1895g: 149 (Dm).
Mysmena conica Brignoli, 1970b: 1404, f. 3-4, 6 (m).
Mysmena conica Wunderlich, 1980d: 267, f. 44-45 (m).
Calodipoena conica Brignoli, 1980j: 729 (T from Mysmena).
Mysmena cornigera (Lin & Li, 2008) | m | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041955]
Calodipoena cornigera Lin & Li, 2008b: 501, f. 10A-J (Dm).
Mysmena cornigera Zhang, Li & Lin, 2022: 91, f. 21A-G (m).
Mysmena dai Lin & Li, 2022 | f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055993]
Mysmena dai Lin & Li, in Zhang, Li & Lin, 2022: 103, f. 30A-F (Df).
Mysmena dulong Q. Zhang, S. Li & Lin, 2023 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058579]
Mysmena dulong Q. Zhang, S. Li & Lin, in Zhang et al., 2023d: 738, S53, f. S32A-F, S33A-F (Dmf).
Mysmena dumoga (Baert, 1988) | m | Indonesia (Sulawesi)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009196]
Calodipoena dumoga Baert, 1988: 20, f. 25-26 (Dm).
Mysmena furca Lin & Li, 2008 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041952]
Mysmena furca Lin & Li, 2008b: 495, f. 6A-G (Dm).
Mysmena furca Zhang, Li & Lin, 2022: 93, f. 22A-G, 23A-F (m, Df).
Mysmena gibbosa Snazell, 1986 | m f | Spain     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009230]
Mysmena gibbosa Snazell, 1986a: 62, f. 1-8 (Dmf).
Mysmena gibbosa Le Peru, 2011: 343, f. 593 (mf).
Mysmena goudao Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042399]
Mysmena goudao Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009: 39, f. 21F-H, 27A-E, 28A-B, 29A-F (Dmf).
Mysmena goudao Zhang et al., 2023d: S54, f. S34A-F, S35A-H (mf).
Mysmena guianensis Levi, 1956 | m | Guyana     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009231]
Mysmena guianensis Levi, 1956a: 7, f. 3 (Dm).
Mysmena incredula (Gertsch & Davis, 1936) | m f | USA, Mexico, Bahama Is., Cuba, Panama     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009197]
Calodipoena incredula Gertsch & Davis, 1936: 8, f. 32-33 (Df).
Mysmena incredula Levi, 1956a: 5, f. 4-5, 8-10, 16, 18-19 (m, Df).
Mysmena incredula Gertsch, 1960a: 15, f. 19-23, 28-29 (mf).
Calodipoena incredula Brignoli, 1980j: 729 (Tmf from Mysmena).
Calodipoena incredula Baert, 1984a: 604, f. 15-16 (mf).
Calodipoena incredula Breene et al., 1993: 99, f. 143A-C (mf).
Mysmena incredula Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 785, f. 32A-H, 33A-H, 34A-F, 35A-F, 130B, 142D (mf).
Mysmena incredula Campuzano et al., 2019: 8, f. 1G-L (m).
Mysmena isolata Forster, 1977 | f | St. Helena     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009232]
Mysmena isolata Forster, 1977: 129, f. 54a-f (Df).
Mysmena jimudeng Q. Zhang, S. Li & Lin, 2023 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058580]
Mysmena jimudeng Q. Zhang, S. Li & Lin, in Zhang et al., 2023d: 738, S54, f. S36A-F, S37A-F (Dmf).
Mysmena jinlong Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042397]
Mysmena jinlong Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009: 37, f. 15F-H, 18D, 21A-C (Df).
Mysmena jinlong Zhang et al., 2023d: S59, f. S38A-F, S39A-G (Dm, f).
Mysmena leichhardti Lopardo & Michalik, 2013 | m f | Australia (Queensland)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046427]
Mysmena leichhardti Lopardo & Michalik, 2013: 383, f. 1A, 2A-B, 4A-F, 5A-F, 6A-C, 7A-D, 8A-F (Dmf).
Mysmena leichhardti Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 785, f. 41A-E, 42A-H, 43A-E, 130C, 134B, 143N (mf).
Mysmena leucoplagiata (Simon, 1880) * | m f | Southern Europe to Azerbaijan, Israel     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009233]
Theridion leucoplagiatum Simon, 1880j: 258 (Df).
Dipoena leucoplagiata Simon, 1881a: 117, pl. 26, f. 2 (f, Dm).
Mysmena leucoplagiata Simon, 1894a: 558, f. 590 (m).
Mysmena leucoplagiata Levi, 1956a: 5, f. 1-2 (m).
Mysmena leucoplagiata Kraus, 1967b: 388, f. 1-11 (mf).
Mysmena leucoplagiata Loksa, 1973: 283, f. 1-8 (mf).
Mysmena leucoplagiata Wunderlich, 1980d: 267, f. 24-26 (mf).
Mysmena leucoplagiata Wunderlich, 1986: 218, f. 227b.
Mysmena leucoplagiata Trotta, 2005: 170, f. 362-363 (mf).
Mysmena leucoplagiata Le Peru, 2011: 343, f. 594 (mf).
Mysmena leucoplagiata Marusik & Kunt, 2011: 4, f. 2-6 (m).
Mysmena leucoplagiata Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 785, f. 134A (m).
Mysmena leucoplagiata Zarikian, Propistsova & Marusik, 2022: 111, f. 6A-E (m).
Mysmena lulanga Lin & Li, 2016 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048183]
Mysmena lulanga Lin & Li, 2016: 60, f. 5A-F, 6A-D, 7A-C, 8A-B, 9A-B (Dmf).
Mysmena luosuo Lin & Li, 2022 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055992]
Mysmena luosuo Lin & Li, in Zhang, Li & Lin, 2022: 96, f. 24A-G, 25A-E, 26A-C (Dmf).
Mysmena maculosa Lin & Li, 2014 | m f | Vietnam     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047051]
Mysmena maculosa Lin & Li, 2014b: 186, f. 15A-F, 16A-D, 17A-C, 18A-E, 19A-C (Dmf).
Mysmena maku (Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009) | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042404]
Simaoa maku Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009: 46, f. 31G-H (Df).
Mysmena maku Zhang et al., 2023d: S60, f. S40A-F, S41A-F, S47E-F (Dm, f, T from Simaoa).
Mysmena marijkeae (Baert, 1982) | m f | New Guinea     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009209]
Kekenboschiella marijkeae Baert, 1982: 303, f. 1-11 (Dmf).
Mysmena marijkeae Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 785, f. 133F (m).
Mysmena marplesi (Brignoli, 1980) | f | New Caledonia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009279]
Tamasesia marplesi Brignoli, 1980j: 734, f. 7-11 (Df).
Mysmena mooatae (Baert, 1988) | m f | Indonesia (Sulawesi)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009198]
Calodipoena mooatae Baert, 1988: 18, f. 22-24 (Dmf).
Mysmena nubiai (Baert, 1984) | m | New Guinea     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009210]
Kekenboschiella nubiai Baert, 1984b: 231, f. 9-11 (Dm).
Mysmena phyllicola (Marples, 1955) | m f | Samoa, Niue     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009234]
Theridion phyllicolum Marples, 1955a: 488, pl. 57, f. 13, 16, 22, pl. 58, f. 1 (Dmf).
Mysmena phyllicola Forster, 1959: 307 (Tmf from Theridion).
Mysmena qinlangdang Q. Zhang, S. Li & Lin, 2023 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058581]
Mysmena qinlangdang Q. Zhang, S. Li & Lin, in Zhang et al., 2023d: 738, S65, f. S42A-F, S43A-E (Dmf).
Mysmena quebecana Lopardo & Dupérré, 2008 | m f | Canada     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041426]
Mysmena quebecana Lopardo & Dupérré, in Lopardo, Dupérré & Paquin, 2008: 37, f. 1-18 (Dmf).
Mysmena rostella Lin & Li, 2008 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041951]
Mysmena rostella Lin & Li, 2008b: 492, f. 5A-I (Dm).
Mysmena rostella Zhang, Li & Lin, 2022: 100, f. 27A-G, 28A-D, 29A-C (m, Df).
Mysmena rotunda (Marples, 1955) | m f | Samoa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009280]
Tamasesia rotunda Marples, 1955a: 476, pl. 57, f. 14, 18, 20, 23 (Dmf).
Mysmena rotunda Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 785, f. 65A, 133H-I, 144L (mf).
Mysmena santacruzi (Baert & Maelfait, 1983) | m f | Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009201]
Calomyspoena santacruzi Baert & Maelfait, 1983: 104, f. 1-10 (Dmf).
Mysmena shibali Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042401]
Mysmena shibali Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009: 41, f. 27F-H, 30A-C, 31A-B (Df).
Mysmena shibali Zhang et al., 2023d: S68, f. S44A-F, S45A-F (Dm, f).
Mysmena spirala Lin & Li, 2008 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041949]
Mysmena spirala Lin & Li, 2008b: 488, f. 1A-D, 2A-I (Dmf).
Mysmena stathamae (Gertsch, 1960) | m f | Mexico, Panama, Jamaica     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009199]
Mysmena stathamae Gertsch, 1960a: 20, f. 27, 35-36, 44 (Dmf).
Calodipoena stathamae Brignoli, 1980j: 729 (Tmf from Mysmena).
Mysmena tamdaoensis (Lin & Li, 2014) | m f | Vietnam     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047049]
Calodipoena tamdaoensis Lin & Li, 2014b: 170, f. 1A-F, 2A-C, 3A-D, 4A-C, 5A-C, 6A-D, 7A-C (Dmf).
Mysmena tarautensis (Baert, 1988) | f | Indonesia (Sulawesi)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009200]
Calodipoena tarautensis Baert, 1988: 17, f. 21 (Df).
Mysmena tarautensis Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 785, f. 130A (f).
Mysmena tasmaniae Hickman, 1979 | m f | Australia (Tasmania)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009235]
Mysmena tasmaniae Hickman, 1979: 74, f. 39-47 (Dmf).
Calodipoena tasmaniae Brignoli, 1983c: 376 (Tmf from Mysmena because of alleged relationships with C. incredula Gertsch & Davis, 1936).
Mysmena tasmaniae Davies, 1985: 91 (T by Brignoli rejected).
Mysmena tasmaniae Lopardo & Michalik, 2013: 385, f. 1B, 2C-D, 9A-D, 10A-D (mf).
Mysmena tasmaniae Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 785, f. 51A-D, 130E, 134C, 143A-C (mf).
Mysmena tembei (Baert, 1984) | m f | Paraguay     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009207]
Itapua tembei Baert, 1984a: 606, f. 1-9 (Dmf).
Mysmena vangoethemi (Baert, 1982) | m | New Guinea     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009211]
Kekenboschiella vangoethemi Baert, 1982: 306, f. 12-15 (Dm).
Mysmena vitiensis Forster, 1959 | m f | Fiji     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009236]
Mysmena vitiensis Forster, 1959: 304, f. 148, 159-166 (Dmf).
Mysmena wawuensis Lin & Li, 2013 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045920]
Mysmena wawuensis Lin & Li, 2013a: 35, f. 1A-F, 2A-C, 3A-E, 4A-C, 5A-C, 6A-E, 7A-C (Dmf).
Mysmena woodwardi Forster, 1959 | f | New Guinea     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009237]
Mysmena woodwardi Forster, 1959: 306, f. 147, 167-171 (Df).
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