Microdipoena is a cosmopolitan genus of dwarf cobweb weaver spiders in the family Mysmenidae. It was first described by Nathan Banks in 1895.[1]
| Microdipoena | |
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| female M. guttata | |
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| male M. guttata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Mysmenidae |
| Genus: | Microdipoena Banks, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Microdipoena guttata Banks, 1895 | |
| Species | |
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21, see text | |
Species
editAs of September 2025[update], this genus includes 21 species:[2]
- Microdipoena comorensis (Baert, 1986) – Comoros
- Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978 – Seychelles, Congo, Comoros
- Microdipoena gongi (Yin, Peng & Bao, 2004) – China
- Microdipoena guttata Banks, 1895 – Canada, United States, Paraguay. Introduced to Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Comoros (type species)
- Microdipoena huisun Zhang & Lin, 2023 – Taiwan
- Microdipoena illectrix (Simon, 1895) – Philippines
- Microdipoena jobi (Kraus, 1967) – Europe, Caucasus, Iran, China?, Japan?
- Microdipoena lisu Zhang & Lin, 2023 – China
- Microdipoena menglunensis (Lin & Li, 2008) – China
- Microdipoena mihindi (Baert, 1989) – Rwanda
- Microdipoena nyungwe Baert, 1989 – Rwanda, Tanzania, Madagascar
- Microdipoena ogatai (Ono, 2007) – Korea, Japan
- Microdipoena papuana (Baert, 1984) – New Guinea
- Microdipoena pseudojobi (Lin & Li, 2008) – China, Japan
- Microdipoena saltuensis (Simon, 1895) – Sri Lanka
- Microdipoena samoensis (Marples, 1955) – Samoa, Hawaii
- Microdipoena shenyang Zhang & Lin, 2023 – China, Korea
- Microdipoena thatitou Zhang & Lin, 2023 – Laos
- Microdipoena vanstallei Baert, 1985 – Cameroon
- Microdipoena yinae (Lin & Li, 2013) – China
- Microdipoena zhulin Zhang & Lin, 2023 – China
References
edit- ↑ Banks, N. (1895). "A list of the spiders of Long Island; with descriptions of new species". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 3: 76–93.
- ↑ "Genus Microdipoena". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 24 September 2025.