Family of spiders
Desidae is a family of spiders , some of which are known as intertidal spiders . The family is named for the genus Desis intertidal zone . The family has been reevaluated in recent years and now includes inland genera and species as well, such as Badumna Phryganoporus Toxopidae was separated from it.[ 1] barnacle shells, which they seal up with silk; this allows them to maintain an air bubble during high tide. They emerge at night to feed on various small arthropods that live in the intertidal zone.
Distribution
As now circumscribed , the family Desidae is mainly found in South America and Australasia , with some species reaching north to Malaysia .[ 2]
Metaltella simoni California , Louisiana , Mississippi , and Florida ). It is feared that it could extirpate the native titanoecid species Titanoeca brunnea [ 3]
Genera
As of November 2024[update] World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[ 2]
Akatorea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New ZealandAmphinecta Simon, 1898 — New ZealandAustmusia Gray, 1983 — AustraliaBadumna Thorell, 1890 — Oceania, Asia, North America, UruguayBaiami Lehtinen, 1967 — AustraliaBakala Davies, 1990 — AustraliaBarahna Davies, 2003 — AustraliaBuyina Davies, 1998 — AustraliaCalacadia Exline, 1960 — ChileCambridgea L. Koch, 1872 — New ZealandCanala Gray, 1992 — New CaledoniaCedicoides Charitonov, 1946 — Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, UzbekistanCedicus Simon, 1875 — AsiaCicirra Simon, 1886 — AustraliaColcarteria Gray, 1992 — AustraliaCorasoides Butler, 1929 — Papua New Guinea, AustraliaCunnawarra Davies, 1998 — AustraliaDesis Walckenaer, 1837 — Africa, Ecuador, Asia, OceaniaDunstanoides Forster & Wilton, 1989 — New ZealandEpimecinus Simon, 1908 — AustraliaForsterina Lehtinen, 1967 — AustraliaGoyenia Forster, 1970 — New ZealandHelsonia Forster, 1970 — New ZealandHolomamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New ZealandHuara Forster, 1964 — New ZealandIschalea L. Koch, 1872 — Madagascar, Mauritius, New ZealandJalkaraburra Davies, 1998 — AustraliaKeera Davies, 1998 — AustraliaLathyarcha Simon, 1908 — AustraliaMagua Davies, 1998 — AustraliaMakora Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New ZealandMamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New ZealandMangareia Forster, 1970 — New ZealandManiho Marples, 1959 — New ZealandManjala Davies, 1990 — AustraliaMatachia Dalmas, 1917 — New ZealandMesudus Özdikmen, 2007 — New ZealandMetaltella Mello-Leitão, 1931 — South America, North AmericaNamandia Lehtinen, 1967 — AustraliaNanocambridgea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New ZealandNeororea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New ZealandNotomatachia Forster, 1970 — New ZealandNuisiana Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New ZealandOparara Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New ZealandPanoa Forster, 1970 — New ZealandParacedicus Fet, 1993 — AsiaParamamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New ZealandParamatachia Dalmas, 1918 — AustraliaPenaoola Davies, 1998 — AustraliaPhryganoporus Simon, 1908 — AustraliaPitonga Davies, 1984 — Northern AustraliaPoaka Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New ZealandPorteria Simon, 1904 — ChileQuemusia Davies, 1998 — AustraliaRangitata Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New ZealandRapua Forster, 1970 — New ZealandReinga Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New ZealandRorea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New ZealandSyrorisa Simon, 1908 — AustraliaTanganoides Davies, 2005 — AustraliaTaurongia Hogg, 1901 — AustraliaTuakana Forster, 1970 — New ZealandWaterea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
See also
References
^ Wheeler, Ward C.; Coddington, Jonathan A.; Crowley, Louise M.; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Goloboff, Pablo A.; Griswold, Charles E.; Hormiga, Gustavo; Prendini, Lorenzo; Ramírez, Martín J.; Sierwald, Petra; Almeida-Silva, Lina; Alvarez-Padilla, Fernando; Arnedo, Miquel A.; Benavides Silva, Ligia R.; Benjamin, Suresh P.; Bond, Jason E.; Grismado, Cristian J.; Hasan, Emile; Hedin, Marshal; Izquierdo, Matías A.; Labarque, Facundo M.; Ledford, Joel; Lopardo, Lara; Maddison, Wayne P.; Miller, Jeremy A.; Piacentini, Luis N.; Platnick, Norman I.; Polotow, Daniele; Silva-Dávila, Diana; Scharff, Nikolaj; Szűts, Tamás; Ubick, Darrell; Vink, Cor J.; Wood, Hannah M.; Zhang, Junxia (December 2017). "The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling" . Cladistics . 33 (6): 574–616. doi :10.1111/cla.12182 . Retrieved 4 November 2024 . ^ a b "Family: Desidae Pocock, 1895" . World Spider Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2024-11-04 .^ Edwards, G.B. (2005). "Cribellate Spider, Metaltella simoni (Keyserling) (Arachnida: Araneae: Amphinectidae)" . Extension University of Florida. (EENY-322). Retrieved 4 November 2024 .
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