''Modisimus'' is a

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

Description

Spiders of the genus ''Modisimus'' have six eyes, unlike the eight typical of spiders. While some other pholcid genera also have six eyes, ''Modisimus'' differs from them in the prosoma having a median furrow and the eyes being situated on a turret (this turret is very high in males).

Species

it contains eighty-three species and one subspecies, found in Central America, Europe, Asia, North America, the Caribbean, South America,

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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, 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'' Schmidt, 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'' 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

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3016928 Araneomorphae genera Pantropical spiders Pholcidae Spiders of North America Spiders of South America

Description

Species

See also

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