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Modisimus

Modisimus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.

Description

Spiders of the genus Modisimus have six eyes, unlike the eight typical of spiders. While some other pholcid genera also have six eyes, Modisimus differs from them in the prosoma having a median furrow and the eyes being situated on a turret (this turret is very high in males).

Species

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:

  • M. angulatus <small>Huber & Fischer, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. bachata <small>Huber & Fischer, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. beneficus <small>Gertsch, 1973</small> – Mexico
  • M. berac <small>Huber, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. boneti <small>Gertsch, 1971</small> – Mexico
  • M. bribri <small>Huber, 1998</small> – Costa Rica, Panama
  • M. cahuita <small>Huber, 1998</small> – Costa Rica
  • M. caldera <small>Huber, 1998</small> – Panama
  • M. cavaticus <small>Petrunkevitch, 1929</small> – Puerto Rico
  • M. chiapa <small>Gertsch, 1977</small> – Mexico
  • M. chickeringi <small>Gertsch, 1973</small> – Panama
  • M. cienaga <small>Huber & Fischer, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. coco <small>Huber, 1998</small> – Costa Rica
  • M. coeruleolineatus <small>Petrunkevitch, 1929</small> – Puerto Rico
  • M. concolor <small>Bryant, 1940</small> – Cuba
  • M. cornutus <small>Kraus, 1955</small> – Honduras
  • M. coxanus <small>(Bryant, 1940)</small> – Cuba
  • M. cuadro <small>Huber & Fischer, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. culicinus <small>(Simon, 1893)</small> – South America. Introduced to Germany, Czech Rep., Zaire, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China, Australia, Pacific Is.
  • M. david <small>Huber, 1997</small> – Nicaragua, Panama
  • M. deltoroi <small>Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2009</small> – Mexico
  • M. dilutus <small>Gertsch, 1941</small> – Panama
  • M. dominical <small>Huber, 1998</small> – Costa Rica
  • M. elevatus <small>Bryant, 1940</small> – Cuba
  • M. elongatus <small>Bryant, 1940</small> – Cuba
  • M. enriquillo <small>Huber & Fischer, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. epepye <small>Huber, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. femoratus <small>Bryant, 1948</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. fuscus <small>Bryant, 1948</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. glaucus <small>Simon, 1893</small> (type) – Hispaniola, St. Vincent
  • M. globosus <small>Schmidt, 1956</small> – Colombia
  • M. gracilipes <small>Gertsch, 1973</small> – Guatemala
  • M. guatuso <small>Huber, 1998</small> – Nicaragua to Panama
  • M. guerrerensis <small>Gertsch & Davis, 1937</small> – Mexico
  • M. incertus <small>(Bryant, 1940)</small> – Cuba
  • M. inornatus <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895</small> – Mexico
  • M. iviei <small>Gertsch, 1973</small> – Mexico
  • M. ixobel <small>Huber, 1998</small> – Guatemala
  • M. jima <small>Huber & Fischer, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. kiskeya <small>Huber & Fischer, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. leprete <small>Huber, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. macaya <small>Huber & Fischer, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. maculatipes <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895</small> – Mexico
  • M. madreselva <small>Huber, 1998</small> – Costa Rica
  • M. makandal <small>Huber & Fischer, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. mango <small>Huber, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. mariposas <small>Huber & Fischer, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. mckenziei <small>Gertsch, 1971</small> – Mexico
  • M. minima <small>(González-Sponga, 2009)</small> – Venezuela
  • M. miri <small>Huber & Fischer, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. mitchelli <small>Gertsch, 1971</small> – Mexico
  • M. modicus <small>(Gertsch & Peck, 1992)</small> – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
  • M. montanus <small>Petrunkevitch, 1929</small> – Puerto Rico
  • Modisimus m. dentatus <small>Petrunkevitch, 1929</small> – Puerto Rico
  • M. nicaraguensis <small>Huber, 1998</small> – Nicaragua
  • M. ovatus <small>Bryant, 1940</small> – Cuba
  • M. palenque <small>Gertsch, 1977</small> – Mexico
  • M. palvet <small>Huber & Fischer, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. pana <small>Huber, 1998</small> – Guatemala
  • M. paraiso <small>Huber, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. pavidus <small>Bryant, 1940</small> – Cuba
  • M. pelejil <small>Huber & Fischer, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. pittier <small>Huber, 1998</small> – Costa Rica, Panama
  • M. propinquus <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896</small> – Mexico
  • M. pulchellus <small>Banks, 1929</small> – Panama
  • M. pusillus <small>Gertsch, 1971</small> – Mexico
  • M. rainesi <small>Gertsch, 1971</small> – Mexico
  • M. reddelli <small>Gertsch, 1971</small> – Mexico
  • M. roumaini <small>Huber, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. sanpedro <small>Jiménez & Palacios-Cardiel, 2015</small> – Mexico
  • M. sanvito <small>Huber, 1998</small> – Costa Rica
  • M. sarapiqui <small>Huber, 1998</small> – Costa Rica
  • M. seguin <small>Huber & Fischer, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. selvanegra <small>Huber, 1998</small> – Nicaragua
  • M. sexoculatus <small>Petrunkevitch, 1929</small> – Puerto Rico
  • M. signatus <small>(Banks, 1914)</small> – Puerto Rico
  • M. simoni <small>Huber, 1997</small> – Venezuela
  • M. solus <small>Gertsch & Peck, 1992</small> – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
  • M. texanus <small>Banks, 1906</small> – USA, Mexico
  • M. tiburon <small>Huber & Fischer, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. toma <small>Huber & Fischer, 2010</small> – Hispaniola
  • M. tortuguero <small>Huber, 1998</small> – Costa Rica
  • M. tzotzile <small>Brignoli, 1974</small> – Mexico
  • M. vittatus <small>Bryant, 1948</small> – Hispaniola

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