Physoglenidae

Physoglenidae
Nomaua sp. in New Zealand
male Pahoroides sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Physoglenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Diversity
13 genera, 72 species
blue: reported countries (WSC)
green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist)

Physoglenidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Alexander Petrunkevitch in 1928 as a subfamily of Pholcidae. It was later moved to Synotaxidae until a study in 2016 showed that they formed a distinct clade.

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