Corinnidae is a
family
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of
araneomorph spider
Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species d ...
s, sometimes called corinnid sac spiders. The family, like other "clubionoid" families, has a confusing taxonomic history. Once it was a part of the large catch-all taxon
Clubionidae
The sac spiders of the family Clubionidae have a very confusing taxonomic history. Once, this family was a large catch-all taxon for a disparate collection of spiders, similar only in that they had eight eyes arranged in two rows and conical anter ...
, now very much smaller. The original members of the family are apparently similar only in that they have eight eyes arranged in two rows, conical anterior spinnerets that touch and are generally wandering predators that build silken retreats, or sacs, usually on plant terminals, between leaves, under bark or under rocks.
In 2014,
Martín Ramírez recognized the family in a restricted sense, including only the subfamilies Corinninae and Castianeirinae.
[ Two former subfamilies of the Corinnidae are now treated as separate families, ]Phrurolithidae
Phrurolithidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Nathan Banks in 1892. First included in the Corinnidae as the subfamily Phrurolithinae, later phylogenetic studies justified a separate family.
Genera
, the World Spider Catal ...
and Trachelidae. As now recognized, Corinnidae contains 71 genera and over 800 species worldwide.[ Among the common genera are ''Castianeira'' (nearly world wide) and ''Corinna'' (widespread).
Members of the genus ''Castianeira'' appear to be mimics of ants and velvet ants. Other corinnid ant-like genera include ''Mazax'', ''Myrmecium'' and ''Myrmecotypus''. ''Corinna'' is the type genus for the family and consists of small running spiders.
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Genera
, the World Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ...
accepts the following genera:
*''Abapeba
''Abapeba'' is a genus of Central and South American corinnid sac spiders first described by A. B. Bonaldo in 2000.
Species
it contains twenty species from Mexico and the Caribbean down to Brazil:
*''Abapeba abalosi'' ( Mello-Leitão, 1942) � ...
'' Bonaldo, 2000 — South America, Panama, Caribbean, Mexico
*'' Aetius'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 — Asia, Côte d'Ivoire
*'' Allomedmassa'' Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2014 — Malaysia, Thailand, China
*''Apochinomma
''Apochinomma'' is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by P. Pavesi in 1881.
Species
it contains sixteen species:
*''Apochinomma acanthaspis'' Simon, 1896 – Brazil
*'' Apochinomma armatum'' Mello-Leitão, 1922 – Brazil
*'' Apo ...
'' Pavesi, 1881 — South America, Africa, Asia
*'' Arushina'' Caporiacco, 1947 — Tanzania
*''Attacobius
''Attacobius'' is a genus of South American corinnid sac spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1925.
Species
it contains sixteen species, one from Argentina and the rest from Brazil:
*'' Attacobius attarum'' ( Roewer, ...
'' Mello-Leitão, 1925 — Brazil, Argentina
*'' Austrophaea'' Lawrence, 1952 — South Africa
*'' Battalus'' Karsch, 1878 — Australia
*''Brachyphaea
''Brachyphaea'' is a genus of Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it ...
'' Simon, 1895 — Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique
*''Cambalida
''Cambalida'' is a genus of Corinnidae, corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1910.
Species
it contains fourteen species in India and Africa:
*''Cambalida compressa'' Haddad, 2012 – West Africa
*''Cambalida coriacea'' Simon ...
'' Simon, 1910 — Africa, India
*'' Castianeira'' Keyserling, 1879 — Central America, Asia, North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Cuba
*'' Castoponera'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 — Indonesia, Malaysia
*'' Coenoptychus'' Simon, 1885 — Africa, Asia
*'' Copa'' Simon, 1886 — Sri Lanka, Africa, Australia
*'' Copuetta'' Haddad, 2013 — Africa
*''Corinna
Corinna or Korinna ( grc, Κόριννα, Korinna) was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Tanagra in Boeotia. Although ancient sources portray her as a contemporary of Pindar (born ), not all modern scholars accept the accuracy of this traditio ...
'' C. L. Koch, 1841 — Caribbean, South America, Africa, Papua New Guinea, Mexico, Central America, Pakistan
*''Corinnomma
''Corinnomma'' is a genus of African and Asian corinnid sac spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1880.
Species
it contains fourteen species:
*'' Corinnomma afghanicum'' Roewer, 1962 – Afghanistan
*'' Corinnomma albobarbatum'' Simo ...
'' Karsch, 1880 — Asia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Africa
*'' Creugas'' Thorell, 1878 — Mexico, South America, Myanmar, Australia, Central America
*'' Crinopseudoa'' Jocqué & Bosselaers, 2011 — Guinea, Liberia
*''Cycais
''Cycais'' is a genus of Asian corinnid sac spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1877. it contains only two species, one from Sulawesi and one from Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island co ...
'' Thorell, 1877 — Indonesia, Japan
*''Disnyssus
''Disnyssus'' is a genus of spiders in the family Corinnidae. It was first described in 2015 by Raven. it contains 2 species, both from Queensland.
References
Corinnidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Australia
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'' Raven, 2015 — Australia
*'' Echinax'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 — Asia, Africa
*''Ecitocobius
''Ecitocobius'' is a monotypic genus of South American corinnid sac spiders containing the single species, ''Ecitocobius comissator''. It was first described by A. B. Bonaldo & Antônio Brescovit in 1998, and has only been found in Brazil
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'' Bonaldo & Brescovit, 1998 — Brazil
*'' Erendira'' Bonaldo, 2000 — Venezuela, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
*''Falconina
''Falconina'' is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Paolo Brignoli in 1985.
Species
it contains four species:
*'' Falconina albomaculosa'' (Schmidt, 1971) – Ecuador
*'' Falconina crassipalpis'' ( Chickering, 1937) – Panama, ...
'' Brignoli, 1985 — South America, Panama, Cuba, United States
*'' Fluctus'' Jin & Zhang , 2020 — China
*'' Graptartia'' Simon, 1896 — Morocco, Algeria
*'' Griswoldella'' Haddad, 2021 — Madagascar
*'' Hortipes'' Bosselaers & Ledoux, 1998 — Africa
*'' Humua'' Ono, 1987 — Japan
*''Ianduba
''Ianduba'' is a genus of South American Corinnidae, corinnid sac spiders first described by A. B. Bonaldo in 1997.
Species
it contains fifteen species found in Brazil and Argentina:
*''Ianduba abara'' Bonaldo & Antônio Brescovit, Brescovit, 2 ...
'' Bonaldo, 1997 — Brazil, Argentina
*''Iridonyssus
''Iridonyssus'' is a genus of spiders in the family Corinnidae. It was first described in 2015 by Raven. it contains 4 species from Australia.
References
Corinnidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Australia
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'' Raven, 2015 — Australia
*''Kolora
''Kolora'' is a genus of spiders in the family Corinnidae. It was first described in 2015 by Raven. it contains 4 species, all found in Queensland.
References
Corinnidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Australia
{{Corinnidae- ...
'' Raven, 2015 — Australia
*''Leichhardteus
''Leichhardteus'' is a genus of Australian Corinnidae, corinnid sac spiders first described by B. C. Baehr & Robert Raven in 2013.
Species
it contains eleven species:
*''Leichhardteus albofasciatus'' Baehr & Raven, 2013 – Australia (Queenslan ...
'' Raven & Baehr, 2013 — Australia
*''Leptopicia
''Leptopicia'' is a genus of spiders in the family Corinnidae. It was first described in 2015 by Raven. , it contains only one species, ''Leptopicia bimaculata'', found in Australia.
References
Monotypic Corinnidae genera
Spiders of Aust ...
'' Raven, 2015 — Australia
*'' Mandaneta'' Strand, 1932 — Ghana, Congo
*''Mazax
''Mazax'' is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1898.
Species
it contains seven species from the Americas and the Caribbean:
*'' Mazax ajax'' Reiskind, 1969 – Mexico
*'' Mazax chickeringi'' Reiskin ...
'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 — North America, Jamaica, Central America, Argentina
*''Medmassa
''Medmassa'' is a genus of Corinnidae, corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1887 under the name "Megaera", later renamed because "Megaera" was already in use as a synonym of the reptile genus ''Trimeresurus''.
Species
it con ...
'' Simon, 1887 — Asia, Oceania
*'' Megalostrata'' Karsch, 1880 — Cuba, Mexico, Panama
*''Melanesotypus
''Melanesotypus'' is a genus of spiders in the family Corinnidae. It was first described in 2015 by Raven. , it contains only one species, ''Melanesotypus guadal'', from the Solomon Islands.
References
Corinnidae
Monotypic Corinnidae ge ...
'' Raven, 2015 — Solomon Is.
*'' Merenius'' Simon, 1910 — Africa, Yemen
*'' Messapus'' Simon, 1898 — Africa
*''Methesis
''Methesis'' is a genus of South American corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1896. Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was moved to Corinnidae
Corinnidae is a family of araneomorph spiders, sometimes called cor ...
'' Simon, 1896 — South America
*'' Myrmecium'' Latreille, 1824 — South America, Trinidad
*''Myrmecotypus
''Myrmecotypus'' is a genus of ant mimicry, ant mimicking Corinnidae, corinnid sac spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1894. Species mainly occur from Panama to Mexico, with one species found in the Unit ...
'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 — North America, Argentina, Central America
*'' Nucastia'' Raven, 2015 — Australia
*'' Nyssus'' Walckenaer, 1805 — Australia, New Zealand, Fiji
*'' Olbus'' Simon, 1880 — Chile
*''Ozcopa
''Ozcopa'' is a genus of spiders in the family Corinnidae
Corinnidae is a family of araneomorph spiders, sometimes called corinnid sac spiders. The family, like other "clubionoid" families, has a confusing taxonomic history. Once it was a par ...
'' Raven, 2015 — Australia
*''Parachemmis
''Parachemmis'' is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Arthur M. Chickering in 1937 as a genus of ground spiders. It was transferred to Liocranidae in 1969, and to Corinnidae in 1994.
Species
it contains four species in Centra ...
'' Chickering, 1937 — Panama, South America
*''Paradiestus
''Paradiestus'' is a genus of South American Corinnidae, corinnid sac spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1915. It was considered a synonym of ''Corinna (spider), Corinna'' from 1925 to 2000.
Species
it contains five ...
'' Mello-Leitão, 1915 — Brazil
*''Paramedmassa
''Paramedmassa'' is a monotypic genus of Asian corinnid sac spiders containing the single species, ''Paramedmassa day''. The genus was erected by C. Jin, H. L. Zhang, and F. Zhang in 2019 for a single species previously placed in ''Allomedmassa'' ...
'' Jin, H. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2019 — Thailand, Laos, China
*''Poecilipta
''Poecilipta'' is a genus of South Pacific corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897.
Species
it contains twenty-seven species in Australia, and one on New Caledonia:
*'' Poecilipta carnarvon'' Raven, 2015 – Australia (W ...
'' Simon, 1897 — Australia
*''Pranburia
''Pranburia'' is a monotypic genus of Southeast Asian ant mimicking corinnid sac spiders containing the single species, ''Pranburia mahannopi''. Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold described the first male in 1993, and the first female in 2001. It ha ...
'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993 — Asia
*''Procopius
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'' Thorell, 1899 — Africa
*''Pronophaea
''Pronophaea'' is a genus of African corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. it contains only three species, all found in South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernm ...
'' Simon, 1897 — South Africa
*''Psellocoptus
''Psellocoptus'' is a genus of South American running spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1896. When Eugène Simon discovered the first species (''P. flavostriatus''), he described it as a "beautiful and large species from the forests ...
'' Simon, 1896 — Venezuela
*''Pseudocorinna
''Pseudocorinna'' is a genus of African Corinnidae, corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1910.
Species
it contains twenty-nine species:
*''Pseudocorinna alligator'' Jocqué & Bosselaers, 2011 – Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast ...
'' Simon, 1910 — Africa
*'' Scorteccia'' Caporiacco, 1936 — Libya
*''Septentrinna
''Septentrinna'' is a genus of Corinnidae, corinnid sac spiders first described by A. B. Bonaldo in 2000.
Species
it contains six species:
*''Septentrinna bicalcarata'' (Simon, 1896) (Type species, type) – USA, Mexico
*''Septentrinna paradoxa ...
'' Bonaldo, 2000 — United States, Mexico, Guatemala
*'' Serendib'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 — Thailand, Indonesia
*''Simonestus
''Simonestus'' is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by A. B. Bonaldo in 2000.
Species
it contains six species in the Americas:
*'' Simonestus occidentalis'' (Schenkel, 1953) – Venezuela
*'' Simonestus pseudobulbulus'' ( Caporia ...
'' Bonaldo, 2000 — South America, Central America, Mexico
*''Sphecotypus
''Sphecotypus'' is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1895.
Species
it contains four species:
*'' Sphecotypus birmanicus'' ( Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar
*'' Sphecotypus borneensis'' Yamasaki, 2017 – Mal ...
'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 — Asia, Nicaragua, Brazil
*''Spinirta
''Spinirta'' is a genus of east Asian Corinnidae, corinnid sac spiders. It was first described by C. Jin and F. Zhang in 2020, and it has only been found in China.
Species
it contains ten species:
*''Spinirta aurita, S. aurita'' Jin & Zhang, 202 ...
'' Jin & Zhang, 2020 — China
*''Stethorrhagus
''Stethorrhagus'' is a genus of South American Corinnidae, corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1896.
Species
it contains fifteen species:
*''Stethorrhagus archangelus'' Bonaldo & Antônio Brescovit, Brescovit, 1994 – Braz ...
'' Simon, 1896 — South America
*'' Tapixaua'' Bonaldo, 2000 — Brazil, Peru
*''Ticopa
''Ticopa'' is a genus of spiders in the family Corinnidae. It was first described in 2015 by Raven. , it contains 6 species, all from Australia.
Species
''Ticopa'' comprises the following species:
*'' Ticopa australis'' Raven, 2015
*'' Ticop ...
'' Raven, 2015 — Australia
*'' Tupirinna'' Bonaldo, 2000 — Brazil, Venezuela, Panama
*''Vendaphaea
''Vendaphaea'' is a monotypic genus of African corinnid sac spiders containing the single species, ''Vendaphaea lajuma''. It was first described by C. R. Haddad in 2009, and has only been found in South Africa
South Africa, officially th ...
'' Haddad, 2009 — South Africa
*'' Wasaka'' Haddad, 2013 — Africa
*''Xeropigo
''Xeropigo'' is a genus of South American and Caribbean Corinnidae, corinnid sac spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1882.
Species
it contains seventeen species:
*''Xeropigo aitatu'' Carvalho, Shimano, ...
'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 — South America, Trinidad, United States
See also
* List of Corinnidae species
References
External links
{{Taxonbar, from=Q8695
Araneomorphae families