Microdipoena

Microdipoena
female M. guttata
male M. guttata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Mysmenidae
Genus: Microdipoena
Banks, 1895
Type species
Microdipoena guttata
Banks, 1895
Species

21, see text

Microdipoena is a cosmopolitan genus of dwarf cobweb weaver spiders in the family Mysmenidae. It was first described by Nathan Banks in 1895.[1]

Species

As of September 2025, this genus includes 21 species:[2]

  • Microdipoena comorensis (Baert, 1986)Comoros
  • Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978Seychelles, Congo, Comoros
  • Microdipoena gongi (Yin, Peng & Bao, 2004)China
  • Microdipoena guttata Banks, 1895Canada, United States, Paraguay. Introduced to Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Comoros (type species)
  • Microdipoena huisun Zhang & Lin, 2023Taiwan
  • Microdipoena illectrix (Simon, 1895)Philippines
  • Microdipoena jobi (Kraus, 1967)Europe, Caucasus, Iran, China?, Japan?
  • Microdipoena lisu Zhang & Lin, 2023 – China
  • Microdipoena menglunensis (Lin & Li, 2008) – China
  • Microdipoena mihindi (Baert, 1989)Rwanda
  • Microdipoena nyungwe Baert, 1989 – Rwanda, Tanzania, Madagascar
  • Microdipoena ogatai (Ono, 2007)Korea, Japan
  • Microdipoena papuana (Baert, 1984)New Guinea
  • Microdipoena pseudojobi (Lin & Li, 2008) – China, Japan
  • Microdipoena saltuensis (Simon, 1895)Sri Lanka
  • Microdipoena samoensis (Marples, 1955)Samoa, Hawaii
  • Microdipoena shenyang Zhang & Lin, 2023 – China, Korea
  • Microdipoena thatitou Zhang & Lin, 2023Laos
  • Microdipoena vanstallei Baert, 1985Cameroon
  • Microdipoena yinae (Lin & Li, 2013) – China
  • Microdipoena zhulin Zhang & Lin, 2023 – China

References

  1. ^ Banks, N. (1895). "A list of the spiders of Long Island; with descriptions of new species". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 3: 76–93.
  2. ^ "Genus Microdipoena". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 24 September 2025.