Family Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928 (5 species)

Genus Calodipoena Gertsch & Davis, 1936

Calodipoena incredula Gertsch & Davis, 1936

Mysmena incredula (Gertsch & Davis, 1936)

FL, TX

Genus Maymena Gertsch, 1960

Maymena ambita (Barrows, 1940)

Theridium ambitum Barrows, 1940

AL, KY, TN

Genus Microdipoena Banks, 1895

Microdipoena guttata Banks, 1895

Mysmena guttata (Banks, 1895)

AL, FL, GA, MA, MO, NC, NJ, TN, VA

Genus Mysmenopsis Simon, 1897

Mysmenopsis cymbia (Levi, 1956)

Mysmena cymbia Levi, 1956

FL

Genus Trogloneta Simon, 1922

Trogloneta paradoxa Gertsch, 1960

Trogloneta paradoxum Gertsch, 1960

CA, OR, UT

Key references:

Gertsch, W. J. 1960. Descriptions of American spiders of the family Symphytognathidae. Am. Mus. Novit. 1981: 1‑40.

Levi, H. W. 1956. The spider genus Mysmena in the Americas (Araneae, Theridiidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 1801: 1‑13.

(List submitted by D. Allen Dean 30 June 2000)

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