Corinnidae

Corinnidae
File:Supunna sp.jpg
Nyssus species photographed in Berowra, Australia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Corinnidae Karsch, 1880
Genera
See text.
Diversity
67 genera, 729 species

Corinnidae is a family of araneomorph spiders, sometimes called corinnid sac spiders. The family, like other "clubionoid" families, has a confusing taxonomic history. Once it was a part of the large catch-all taxon Clubionidae, now a shadow of its former self. The original members of the family are apparently similar only in that they have eight eyes arranged in two rows, conical anterior spinnerets that touch and are generally wandering predators that build silken retreats, or sacs, usually on plant terminals, between leaves, under bark or under rocks.

Two former subfamilies of the Corinnidae are now treated as separate families, Phrurolithidae and Trachelidae. As now recognized, Corinnidae contains 67 genera and over 720 species worldwide. Among the common genera are Castianeira (nearly world wide) and Corinna (widespread).

Members of the genus Castianeira appear to be mimics of ants and velvet ants. Other corinnid ant-like genera include Mazax, Myrmecium and Myrmecotypus. Corinna is the type genus for the family and consists of small running spiders.

Genera

As of October 2015, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera:

• Abapeba Bonaldo, 2000
• Aetius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896
• Allomedmassa Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2014
• Apochinomma Pavesi, 1881
• Arushina Caporiacco, 1947
• Attacobius Mello-Leitão, 1925
• Austrophaea Lawrence, 1952
• Battalus Karsch, 1878
• Brachyphaea Simon, 1895
• Cambalida Simon, 1910
• Castianeira Keyserling, 1879
• Castoponera Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001
• Coenoptychus Simon, 1885
• Copa Simon, 1886
• Copuetta Haddad, 2013
• Corinna C. L. Koch, 1841
• Corinnomma Karsch, 1880
• Creugas Thorell, 1878
• Crinopseudoa Jocqué & Bosselaers, 2011
• Cycais Thorell, 1877
• Disnyssus Raven, 2015
• Echinax Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001
• Ecitocobius Bonaldo & Brescovit, 1998
• Erendira Bonaldo, 2000
• Falconina Brignoli, 1985
• Graptartia Simon, 1896
• Hortipes Bosselaers & Ledoux, 1998
• Humua Ono, 1987
• Ianduba Bonaldo, 1997
• Iridonyssus Raven, 2015
• Kolora Raven, 2015
• Leichhardteus Raven & Baehr, 2013
• Leptopicia Raven, 2015
• Mandaneta Strand, 1932
• Mazax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898
• Medmassa Simon, 1887
• Megalostrata Karsch, 1880
• Melanesotypus Raven, 2015
• Merenius Simon, 1910
• Messapus Simon, 1898
• Methesis Simon, 1896
• Myrmecium Latreille, 1824
• Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894
• Nucastia Raven, 2015
• Nyssus Walckenaer, 1805
• Olbus Simon, 1880
• Ozcopa Raven, 2015
• Parachemmis Chickering, 1937
• Paradiestus Mello-Leitão, 1915
• Poecilipta Simon, 1897
• Pranburia Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993
• Procopius Thorell, 1899
• Pronophaea Simon, 1897
• Psellocoptus Simon, 1896
• Pseudocorinna Simon, 1910
• Scorteccia Caporiacco, 1936
• Septentrinna Bonaldo, 2000
• Serendib Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001
• Simonestus Bonaldo, 2000
• Sphecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895
• Stethorrhagus Simon, 1896
• Tapixaua Bonaldo, 2000
• Ticopa Raven, 2015
• Tupirinna Bonaldo, 2000
• Vendaphaea Haddad, 2009
• Wasaka Haddad, 2013
• Xeropigo O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882

See also

• List of Corinnidae species
• Spider families