| Long-legged sac spiders | |
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| Miturga albopunctata | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Miturgidae Simon, 1886 |
| Diversity | |
| 29 genera,167 species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
ZoridaeF. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 | |
Miturgidae is afamily ofaraneomorph spiders that includes nearly 170species in 29genera worldwide.[1] First described byEugène Simon in 1886,[2] it has been substantially revised, and includes the previous familyZoridae as a synonym,[3] and excludes the familyXenoctenidae.[4] Several genera have also been removed, such as the large genusCheiracanthium, which was transferred to theCheiracanthiidae.[5]
As of April 2019[update], theWorld Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[1]
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