Drymusidae

{{short description|Family of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = False violin spiders

| image = Drymusa.jpg

| image_caption = Drymusa sp.

| taxon = Drymusidae

| authority = Simon, 1893

| diversity = 2 genera, 18 species

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = {{linked genus list

|Drymusa|Simon, 1892

|Izithunzi|Labarque, Pérez-González & Griswold, 2018}}

}}

Drymusidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1893,{{cite book| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1893| title=Histoire naturelle das araignées}} and elevated to family status by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1986.{{cite journal| last=Lehtinen| first=P. T.| year=1986| title=Evolution of the Scytodoidea| journal=Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Arachnology, Panama 1983| pages=149–157}}

Genera

{{main|List of Drymusidae species}}

{{as of|2019|04}}, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:{{cite web| title=Family: Drymusidae Simon, 1893| website=World Spider Catalog| access-date=2019-04-22| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/30}}

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  • Drymusa Simon, 1892 — Caribbean, Costa Rica, South America
  • Izithunzi Labarque, Pérez-González & Griswold, 2018 — South Africa

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References

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{{Araneae}}

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Category:Araneomorphae families

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