''Modisimus'' is a

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of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.

Species

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, and the Pacific Islands: *'' M. angulatus'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. bachata'' Huber & Fischer, 2010 – Hispaniola *'' M. beneficus'' Gertsch, 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 ( type) – 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, 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''

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, 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

Species

See also

References