Modisimus

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Modisimus
Temporal range: Neogene– Present
Modisimus texanus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Modisimus
Simon, 1893[1]
Type species
M. glaucus
Simon, 1893
Species

83, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Bryantina Brignoli, 1985[2]
  • Hedypsilus Simon, 1893[3]
  • Platnicknia Özdikmen & Demir, 2009[4]

Modisimus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[5]

Description

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Spiders of the genus Modisimus have six eyes, unlike the eight typical of spiders. While some other pholcid genera also have six eyes, Modisimus differs from them in the prosoma having a median furrow and the eyes being situated on a turret (this turret is very high in males).[6]

Species

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As of June 2019 it contains eighty-three species and one subspecies, found in Central America, Europe, Asia, North America, the Caribbean, South America, Australia, on the Seychelles, and the Pacific Islands:[1]

See also

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References

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