Miturgidae is a family of araneomorph spiders that includes about 200 species in 33 genera worldwide.
First described by Eugène Simon in 1886, it has been substantially revised, and includes the previous family Zoridae as a synonym, and excludes the family Xenoctenidae. Several genera have also been removed, such as the large genus Cheiracanthium, which was transferred to the Cheiracanthiidae.
Description Spiders of the Miturgidae family are small-to-medium sized spiders, with most genera possessing a brown and gray band pattern on the spider's body.
Behavior Miturgidae spiders are nocturnal. They live on the ground or on foliage, where they build a sac-like shelter on vegetation or under rocks or other debris. Mother spiders will deposit and protect her eggs in these shelters.
Genera , this family includes 33 genera and 193 species:
Argoctenus L. Koch, 1878 – Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand Coryssiphus Simon, 1903 – South Africa Diaprograpta Simon, 1909 – Australia Elassoctenus Simon, 1909 – Australia Eupograpta Raven, 2009 – Australia Hestimodema Simon, 1909 – Australia Israzorides Levy, 2003 – Israel Knotodo Raven, 2023 – Australia Mituliodon Raven & Stumkat, 2003 – Australia, Timor Miturga Thorell, 1870 – Australia Miturgiella Raven, 2023 – Australia Miturgopelma Raven, 2023 – Australia Mitzoruga Raven, 2009 – Australia Nuliodon Raven, 2009 – Australia Odomasta Simon, 1909 – Australia Palicanus Thorell, 1897 – Réunion, Seychelles, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, India Parapostenus Lessert, 1923 – Lesotho, South Africa Prochora Simon, 1886 – Algeria, Asia, Italy Pseudoceto Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil Septsigilla H. B. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2025 – China Simonus Ritsema, 1881 – Australia Syrisca Simon, 1886 – DR Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan, Senegal, Argentina, Colombia Syspira Simon, 1895 – Dominican Rep, Mexico, United States Systaria Simon, 1897 – Asia, Vanuatu Tamin Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Indonesia, Malaysia, Borneo Teminius Keyserling, 1887 – Mexico, United States, Argentina, Paraguay, Greater Antilles to Argentina Thasyraea L. Koch, 1878 – Australia Tuxoctenus Raven, 2008 – Australia Xantharia Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam Xeromiturga Raven, 2023 – Australia Xistera Raven, 2023 – Australia Zealoctenus Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand Zora C. L. Koch, 1847 – Algeria, Asia, Europe, North America
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