Drymusidae
| False violin spiders | |
|---|---|
| Drymusa sp. | |
| Izithunzi capense from South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Drymusidae Simon, 1893 |
| Genera | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 genera, 19 species | |
| blue: reported countries (WSC) green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist) | |
Drymusidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1893,[1] and elevated to family status by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1986.[2]
Genera
As of January 2026, this family includes two genera and nineteen species:[3]
- Drymusa Simon, 1892 – Cuba, Haiti, St. Vincent, Costa Rica, South America
- Izithunzi Labarque, Pérez-González & Griswold, 2018 – South Africa
References
- ^ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées.
- ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1986). "Evolution of the Scytodoidea". Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Arachnology, Panama 1983: 149–157.
- ^ "Family Drymusidae Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
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