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Ground and Ant-mimic Sac Spiders

Corinnidae
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Summary

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 part of the large catch-all taxon Clubionidae, 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 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.

Ground and Ant-mimic Sac Spiders

Corinnidae
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Scientific classification

kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Arthropoda
class: Arachnida
order: Araneae

Species

Falconina gracilis

Falconina gracilis

Falconina gracilis

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Castianeira descripta

Red-spotted Ant-mimic Sac Spider

Castianeira descripta

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Castianeira amoena

Orange Ant-mimic Sac Spider

Castianeira amoena

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Nyssus coloripes

Spotted Ground Swift Spider

Nyssus coloripes

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Genera

, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: - Abapeba Bonaldo, 2000 — South America, Panama, Caribbean, Mexico - Aetius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 — Asia, Côte d'Ivoire - Allomedmassa Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2014 — Malaysia, Thailand, China - Apochinomma Pavesi, 1881 — South America, Africa, Asia - Arushina Caporiacco, 1947 — Tanzania - Attacobius Mello-Leitão, 1925 — Brazil, Argentina - Austrophaea Lawrence, 1952 — South Africa - Battalus Karsch, 1878 — Australia - Brachyphaea Simon, 1895 — Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique - Cambalida 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 C. L. Koch, 1841 — Caribbean, South America, Africa, Papua New Guinea, Mexico, Central America, Pakistan - Corinnomma 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 Thorell, 1877 — Indonesia, Japan - Disnyssus Raven, 2015 — Australia - Echinax Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 — Asia, Africa - Ecitocobius Bonaldo & Brescovit, 1998 — Brazil - Erendira Bonaldo, 2000 — Venezuela, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Falconina 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 Bonaldo, 1997 — Brazil, Argentina - Iridonyssus Raven, 2015 — Australia - Kolora Raven, 2015 — Australia - Leichhardteus Raven & Baehr, 2013 — Australia - Leptopicia Raven, 2015 — Australia - Mandaneta Strand, 1932 — Ghana, Congo - Mazax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 — North America, Jamaica, Central America, Argentina - Medmassa Simon, 1887 — Asia, Oceania - Megalostrata Karsch, 1880 — Cuba, Mexico, Panama - Melanesotypus Raven, 2015 — Solomon Is. - Merenius Simon, 1910 — Africa, Yemen - Messapus Simon, 1898 — Africa - Methesis Simon, 1896 — South America - Myrmecium Latreille, 1824 — South America, Trinidad - Myrmecotypus 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 Raven, 2015 — Australia - Parachemmis Chickering, 1937 — Panama, South America - Paradiestus Mello-Leitão, 1915 — Brazil - Paramedmassa Jin, H. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2019 — Thailand, Laos, China - Poecilipta Simon, 1897 — Australia - Pranburia Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993 — Asia - Procopius Thorell, 1899 — Africa - Pronophaea Simon, 1897 — South Africa - Psellocoptus Simon, 1896 — Venezuela - Pseudocorinna Simon, 1910 — Africa - Scorteccia Caporiacco, 1936 — Libya - Septentrinna Bonaldo, 2000 — United States, Mexico, Guatemala - Serendib Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 — Thailand, Indonesia - Simonestus Bonaldo, 2000 — South America, Central America, Mexico - Sphecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 — Asia, Nicaragua, Brazil - Spinirta Jin & Zhang, 2020 — China - Stethorrhagus Simon, 1896 — South America - Tapixaua Bonaldo, 2000 — Brazil, Peru - Ticopa Raven, 2015 — Australia - Tupirinna Bonaldo, 2000 — Brazil, Venezuela, Panama - Vendaphaea Haddad, 2009 — South Africa - Wasaka Haddad, 2013 — Africa - Xeropigo O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 — South America, Trinidad, United States