Modisimus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Modisimus Simon, 1893[1] |
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| M. glaucus Simon, 1893
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Modisimus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[5]
Species
[edit]As of June 2019[update] 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]
- M. angulatus Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. bachata Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. beneficus Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico
- M. berac Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. boneti Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
- M. bribri Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica, Panama
- M. cahuita Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
- M. caldera Huber, 1998 – Panama
- M. cavaticus Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
- M. chiapa Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico
- M. chickeringi Gertsch, 1973 – Panama
- M. cienaga Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. coco Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
- M. coeruleolineatus Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
- M. concolor Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
- M. cornutus Kraus, 1955 – Honduras
- M. coxanus (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
- M. cuadro Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. culicinus (Simon, 1893) – South America. Introduced to Germany, Czech Rep., Zaire, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China, Australia, Pacific Is.
- M. david Huber, 1997 – Nicaragua, Panama
- M. deltoroi Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2009 – Mexico
- M. dilutus Gertsch, 1941 – Panama
- M. dominical Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
- M. elevatus Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
- M. elongatus Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
- M. enriquillo Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. epepye Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. femoratus Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
- M. fuscus Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
- M. glaucus Simon, 1893 (type) – Hispaniola, St. Vincent
- M. globosus Schmidt, 1956 – Colombia
- M. gracilipes Gertsch, 1973 – Guatemala
- M. guatuso Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua to Panama
- M. guerrerensis Gertsch & Davis, 1937 – Mexico
- M. incertus (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
- M. inornatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 – Mexico
- M. iviei Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico
- M. ixobel Huber, 1998 – Guatemala
- M. jima Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. kiskeya Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. leprete Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. macaya Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. maculatipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 – Mexico
- M. madreselva Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
- M. makandal Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. mango Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. mariposas Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. mckenziei Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
- M. minima (González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
- M. miri Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. mitchelli Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
- M. modicus (Gertsch & Peck, 1992) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
- M. montanus Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
- Modisimus m. dentatus Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
- M. nicaraguensis Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua
- M. ovatus Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
- M. palenque Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico
- M. palvet Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. pana Huber, 1998 – Guatemala
- M. paraiso Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. pavidus Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
- M. pelejil Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. pittier Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica, Panama
- M. propinquus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Mexico
- M. pulchellus Banks, 1929 – Panama
- M. pusillus Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
- M. rainesi Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
- M. reddelli Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
- M. roumaini Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. sanpedro Jiménez & Palacios-Cardiel, 2015 – Mexico
- M. sanvito Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
- M. sarapiqui Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
- M. seguin Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. selvanegra Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua
- M. sexoculatus Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
- M. signatus (Banks, 1914) – Puerto Rico
- M. simoni Huber, 1997 – Venezuela
- M. solus Gertsch & Peck, 1992 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
- M. texanus Banks, 1906 – USA, Mexico
- M. tiburon Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. toma Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
- M. tortuguero Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
- M. tzotzile Brignoli, 1974 – Mexico
- M. vittatus Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Modisimus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ "Platnicknia nom. nov., a new name for the preoccupied spider genus Bryantina Brignoli, 1985 (Araneae: Pholcidae)". researchgate.net. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ Huber, B. A. (1997). "On the distinction between Modisimus and Hedypsilus (Araneae, Pholcidae), with notes on behavior and natural history". Zoologica Scripta. 25 (3): 238. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1996.tb00164.x. S2CID 85130839.
- ^ Huber, B. A.; Eberle, J.; Dimitrov, D. (2018). "The phylogeny of pholcid spiders: a critical evaluation of relationships suggested by molecular data (Araneae, Pholcidae)". ZooKeys (789): 99. doi:10.3897/zookeys.789.22781. PMC 6193417. PMID 30344435.
- ^ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.