''Modisimus'' is a
genus
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of
cellar spiders that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Australia
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, on the
Seychelles
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, and the
Pacific Islands
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:
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M. angulatus''
Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. bachata''
Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. beneficus''
Gertsch
Willis John Gertsch (October 4, 1906 – December 12, 1998) was an American arachnologist. He described over 1,000 species of spiders, scorpions, and other arachnids, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider.
Gertsch was born ...
, 1973 – Mexico
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M. berac''
Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. boneti''
Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
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M. bribri''
Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica, Panama
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M. cahuita''
Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
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M. caldera''
Huber, 1998 – Panama
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M. cavaticus''
Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
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M. chiapa''
Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico
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M. chickeringi''
Gertsch, 1973 – Panama
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M. cienaga''
Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. coco''
Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
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M. coeruleolineatus''
Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
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M. concolor''
Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
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M. cornutus''
Kraus, 1955 – Honduras
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M. coxanus''
(Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
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M. cuadro''
Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. culicinus''
(Simon, 1893) – South America. Introduced to Germany, Czech Rep., Zaire, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China, Australia, Pacific Is.
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M. david''
Huber, 1997 – Nicaragua, Panama
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M. deltoroi''
Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2009 – Mexico
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M. dilutus''
Gertsch, 1941 – Panama
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M. dominical''
Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
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M. elevatus''
Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
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M. elongatus''
Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
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M. enriquillo''
Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. epepye''
Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. femoratus''
Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
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M. fuscus''
Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
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M. glaucus''
Simon, 1893 (
type) – Hispaniola, St. Vincent
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M. globosus''
Schmidt
Schmidt may refer to:
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* Schmidt (singer) (born 1990), German pop and jazz singer
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* Schmidt (Martian crater), a List of craters on ...
, 1956 – Colombia
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M. gracilipes''
Gertsch, 1973 – Guatemala
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M. guatuso''
Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua to Panama
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M. guerrerensis''
Gertsch & Davis, 1937 – Mexico
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M. incertus''
(Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
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M. inornatus''
O. Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...
, 1895 – Mexico
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M. iviei''
Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico
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M. ixobel''
Huber, 1998 – Guatemala
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M. jima''
Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. kiskeya''
Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. leprete''
Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. macaya''
Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. maculatipes''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 – Mexico
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M. madreselva''
Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
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M. makandal''
Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. mango''
Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. mariposas''
Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. mckenziei''
Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
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M. minima''
(González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
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M. miri''
Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. mitchelli''
Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
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M. modicus''
(Gertsch & Peck, 1992) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
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M. montanus''
Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
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Modisimus m. dentatus''
Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
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M. nicaraguensis''
Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua
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M. ovatus''
Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
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M. palenque''
Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico
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M. palvet''
Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. pana''
Huber, 1998 – Guatemala
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M. paraiso''
Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. pavidus''
Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
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M. pelejil''
Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. pittier''
Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica, Panama
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M. propinquus''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Mexico
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M. pulchellus''
Banks, 1929 – Panama
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M. pusillus''
Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
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M. rainesi''
Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
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M. reddelli''
Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
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M. roumaini''
Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. sanpedro''
Jiménez & Palacios-Cardiel, 2015 – Mexico
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M. sanvito''
Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
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M. sarapiqui''
Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
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M. seguin''
Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. selvanegra''
Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua
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M. sexoculatus''
Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico
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M. signatus''
(Banks, 1914) – Puerto Rico
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M. simoni''
Huber, 1997 – Venezuela
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M. solus''
Gertsch & Peck, 1992 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
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M. texanus''
Banks, 1906 – USA, Mexico
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M. tiburon''
Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. toma''
Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola
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M. tortuguero''
Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica
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M. tzotzile''
Brignoli, 1974 – Mexico
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M. vittatus''
Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
See also
*
List of Pholcidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Pholcidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 1820 species in 94 genera:
A ''Aetana''
''Aetana'' Huber, 2005
* '' Aetana abadae'' Huber, 2015 — Philippines
* '' Aetana baga ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Pantropical spiders
Pholcidae
Spiders of North America
Spiders of South America
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