''Modisimus'' is a

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of cellar spiders that was first described by

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, on the

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, and the

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: *'' M. angulatus'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. bachata'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' 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 *'' M. berac'' Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. boneti'' Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico *'' M. bribri'' Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica, Panama *'' M. cahuita'' Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica *'' M. caldera'' Huber, 1998 – Panama *'' M. cavaticus'' Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico *'' M. chiapa'' Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico *'' M. chickeringi'' Gertsch, 1973 – Panama *'' M. cienaga'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. coco'' Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica *'' M. coeruleolineatus'' Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico *'' M. concolor'' Bryant, 1940 – Cuba *'' M. cornutus'' Kraus, 1955 – Honduras *'' M. coxanus'' (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba *'' M. cuadro'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. culicinus'' (Simon, 1893) – South America. Introduced to Germany, Czech Rep., Zaire, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China, Australia, Pacific Is. *'' M. david'' Huber, 1997 – Nicaragua, Panama *'' M. deltoroi'' Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2009 – Mexico *'' M. dilutus'' Gertsch, 1941 – Panama *'' M. dominical'' Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica *'' M. elevatus'' Bryant, 1940 – Cuba *'' M. elongatus'' Bryant, 1940 – Cuba *'' M. enriquillo'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. epepye'' Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. femoratus'' Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola *'' M. fuscus'' Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola *'' M. glaucus'' Simon, 1893 (

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) – Hispaniola, St. Vincent *'' M. globosus''

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, 1956 – Colombia *'' M. gracilipes'' Gertsch, 1973 – Guatemala *'' M. guatuso'' Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua to Panama *'' M. guerrerensis'' Gertsch & Davis, 1937 – Mexico *'' M. incertus'' (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba *'' 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 *'' M. iviei'' Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico *'' M. ixobel'' Huber, 1998 – Guatemala *'' M. jima'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. kiskeya'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. leprete'' Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. macaya'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. maculatipes'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 – Mexico *'' M. madreselva'' Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica *'' M. makandal'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. mango'' Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. mariposas'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. mckenziei'' Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico *'' M. minima'' (González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela *'' M. miri'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. mitchelli'' Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico *'' M. modicus'' (Gertsch & Peck, 1992) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) *'' M. montanus'' Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico **'' Modisimus m. dentatus'' Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico *'' M. nicaraguensis'' Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua *'' M. ovatus'' Bryant, 1940 – Cuba *'' M. palenque'' Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico *'' M. palvet'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. pana'' Huber, 1998 – Guatemala *'' M. paraiso'' Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. pavidus'' Bryant, 1940 – Cuba *'' M. pelejil'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. pittier'' Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica, Panama *'' M. propinquus'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Mexico *'' M. pulchellus'' Banks, 1929 – Panama *'' M. pusillus'' Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico *'' M. rainesi'' Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico *'' M. reddelli'' Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico *'' M. roumaini'' Huber, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. sanpedro'' Jiménez & Palacios-Cardiel, 2015 – Mexico *'' M. sanvito'' Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica *'' M. sarapiqui'' Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica *'' M. seguin'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. selvanegra'' Huber, 1998 – Nicaragua *'' M. sexoculatus'' Petrunkevitch, 1929 – Puerto Rico *'' M. signatus'' (Banks, 1914) – Puerto Rico *'' M. simoni'' Huber, 1997 – Venezuela *'' M. solus'' Gertsch & Peck, 1992 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) *'' M. texanus'' Banks, 1906 – USA, Mexico *'' M. tiburon'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. toma'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. tortuguero'' Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica *'' M. tzotzile'' Brignoli, 1974 – Mexico *'' M. vittatus'' Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola

References

Araneomorphae genera Pantropical spiders Pholcidae Spiders of North America Spiders of South America {{Pholcidae-stub

See also

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