Physoglenidae Explained

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

See main article: List of Physoglenidae species., 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

Notes and 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 . 2016 . etal. 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) . Cladistics . 33 . 3 . 221–250 . 2016-10-18 . 10.1111/cla.12165. 34715728 . 34962403 . free .
4. Web site: Family: Physoglenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928. World Spider Catalog. 2019-04-23. Natural History Museum Bern.