Miturgidae
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Miturgidae is a family of araneomorph spiders that includes about 200 species in 33 genera worldwide.<ref name=wsc />
First described by Eugène Simon in 1886,<ref name="simon1886" /> it has been substantially revised, and includes the previous family Zoridae as a synonym,<ref name="ramirez2014" /> and excludes the family Xenoctenidae.<ref name="wheeler2017" /> Several genera have also been removed, such as the large genus Cheiracanthium, which was transferred to the Cheiracanthiidae.<ref name="murphy2015" />
Description
Spiders of the Miturgidae family are small-to-medium sized spiders, with most genera possessing a brown and gray band pattern on the spider's body.<ref name="chen2012" />
Behavior
Miturgidae spiders are nocturnal. They live on the ground or on foliage, where they build a sac-like shelter on vegetation or under rocks or other debris. Mother spiders will deposit and protect her eggs in these shelters.
Genera
Template:As of, this family includes 33 genera:<ref name="wsc" /> Template:Div col
- Argoctenus L. Koch, 1878 – Oceania
- Coryssiphus Simon, 1903 – South Africa
- Diaprograpta Simon, 1909 – Australia
- Elassoctenus Simon, 1909 – Australia
- Eupograpta Raven, 2009 – Australia
- Hestimodema Simon, 1909 – Australia
- Israzorides Levy, 2003 – Israel
- Knotodo Raven, 2023 – Australia
- Mituliodon Raven & Stumkat, 2003 – Australia, Timor
- Miturga Thorell, 1870 – Australia
- Miturgiella Raven, 2023 – Australia
- Miturgopelma Raven, 2023 – Australia
- Mitzoruga Raven, 2009 – Australia
- Nuliodon Raven, 2009 – Australia
- Odomasta Simon, 1909 – Australia
- Palicanus Thorell, 1897 – Réunion, Seychelles, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, India
- Parapostenus Lessert, 1923 – Lesotho, South Africa
- Prochora Simon, 1886 – Algeria, Asia, Italy
- Pseudoceto Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
- Septsigilla H. B. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2025 – China
- Simonus Ritsema, 1881 – Australia
- Syrisca Simon, 1886 – Africa, Argentina, Colombia
- Syspira Simon, 1895 – Dominican Republic, Mexico, United States
- Systaria Simon, 1897 – Asia, Vanuatu
- Tamin Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Indonesia, Malaysia
- Teminius Keyserling, 1887 – Mexico, United States, Paraguay, Greater Antilles to Argentina
- Thasyraea L. Koch, 1878 – Australia
- Tuxoctenus Raven, 2008 – Australia
- Xantharia Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam
- Xeromiturga Raven, 2023 – Australia
- Xistera Raven, 2023 – Australia
- Zealoctenus Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
- Zora C. L. Koch, 1847 – Algeria, Asia, Europe, North America