Physoglenidae

Physoglenidae
Pahoroides sp. (male)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Physoglenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928
Diversity
13 genera, 73 species

Physoglenidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Alexander Petrunkevitch in 1928 as a subfamily of Pholcidae.[1] It was later moved to Synotaxidae[2] until a study in 2016 showed that they formed a distinct clade.[3]

Genera

Main article: List of Physoglenidae species

As of April 2019^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[4]

• Calcarsynotaxus Wunderlich, 1995 — Australia
• Chileotaxus Platnick, 1990 — Chile
• Mangua Forster, 1990 — New Zealand
• Meringa Forster, 1990 — New Zealand
• Microsynotaxus Wunderlich, 2008 — Australia
• Nomaua Forster, 1990 — New Zealand
• Pahora Forster, 1990 — New Zealand
• Pahoroides Forster, 1990 — New Zealand
• Paratupua Platnick, 1990 — Australia
• Physoglenes Simon, 1904 — Chile
• Runga Forster, 1990 — New Zealand
• Tupua Platnick, 1990 — Australia
• Zeatupua Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 — New Zealand

References

1. Petrunkevitch, A. (1928). "Systema Aranearum". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 29.
2. Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I.; Coddington, J. (1990). "A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 193.
3. Dimitrov, Dimitar; et al. (2016). "Rounding up the usual suspects: a standard target-gene approach for resolving the interfamilial phylogenetic relationships of ecribellate orb-weaving spiders with a new family-rank classification (Araneae, Araneoidea)" (PDF). Cladistics. 33 (3): 221–250. doi:10.1111/cla.12165. PMID 34715728. S2CID 34962403. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
4. "Family: Physoglenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-23.