Microstigmatidae

{{Short description|Family of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Neogene|present}}

| taxon = Microstigmatidae

| authority = Roewer, 1942

| range_map = Distribution.microstigmatidae.1.png

| diversity = 11 genera

}}

Microstigmatidae is a small family of spiders with about 38 described species in eleven genera. They are small ground-dwelling and free-living spiders that make little use of silk.{{cite book| last=Roewer| first=C. F.| year=1942| title=Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia)}}

The family was removed from the family Dipluridae in 1981.{{cite journal| last1=Raven| first1=R. J.| last2=Platnick| first2=N. I.| year=1981| title=A revision of the American spiders of the family Microstigmatidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)| journal=American Museum Novitates| issue=2707}} The subfamily Pseudonemesiinae from the family Ctenizidae was also transferred into the Microstigmatidae.{{cite journal| last1=Passanha| first1=V.| last2=Cizauskas| first2=I.| last3=Brescovit| first3=A. D.| year=2019| title=A new genus of Micromygalinae (Araneae, Microstigmatidae) from Brazil, with transfer of Masteria emboaba Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015 and description of six new species| journal=ZooKeys| issue=814| pages=1–32|doi=10.3897/zookeys.814.29906| pmid=30651710| pmc=6333731| doi-access=free| bibcode=2019ZooK..814....1P}}