Symphytognatha

Symphytognatha is a genus of dwarf orb-weavers that was first described by V. V. Hickman in 1931.[2]

Symphytognatha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Symphytognathidae
Genus:	Symphytognatha Hickman, 1931[1]
Type species
S. globosa Hickman, 1931
Species
15, see text

Species

As of September 2019 it contains fifteen widely dispersed species:[1]

• Symphytognatha blesti Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Australia (New South Wales)
• Symphytognatha brasiliana Balogh & Loksa, 1968 – Brazil
• Symphytognatha cabezota Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 – Ecuador
• Symphytognatha carstica Brescovit, Álvares & Lopes, 2004 – Brazil
• Symphytognatha chickeringi Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Jamaica
• Symphytognatha fouldsi Harvey, 2001 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Symphytognatha gertschi Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Mexico
• Symphytognatha globosa Hickman, 1931 (type) – Australia (Tasmania)
• Symphytognatha goodnightorum Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Belize
• Symphytognatha imbulunga Griswold, 1987 – South Africa
• Symphytognatha milleri Lin, 2019 – China
• Symphytognatha orghidani Georgescu, 1988 – Cuba
• Symphytognatha picta Harvey, 1992 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Symphytognatha tacaca Brescovit, Álvares & Lopes, 2004 – Brazil
• Symphytognatha ulur Platnick, 1979 – New Guinea

See also

• List of Symphytognathidae species

References

1. "Gen. Symphytognatha Hickman, 1931". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
2. Hickman, V. V. (1931). "A new family of spiders". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1931: 1321–1328.