Corinnidae

{{Short description|Family of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Palaeogene|present}} | name = Corinnid sac spiders | image = Copa flavoplumosa male - ZooKeys-276-001-g001-3.jpeg | image_caption = ''Copa flavoplumosa'' | image2 = Pronophaea natalica - Sunčana Bradley - 353831943.jpeg | image2_caption = ''Pronophaea natalica'' from South Africa | taxon = Corinnidae | authority = Karsch, 1880 | range_map = Corinnidae range map.svg | range_map_caption = blue: reported countries (WSC) green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist) | diversity = 76 genera, 800 species }}

'''Corinnidae''' is a family of araneomorph spiders, sometimes called '''corinnid sac spiders'''. The family, like other "clubionoid" families, has a confusing taxonomic history. Once it was a part of the large catch-all taxon Clubionidae, now very much smaller.

The original members of the family are apparently similar only in that they have eight eyes arranged in two rows, conical anterior spinnerets that touch and are generally wandering predators that build silken retreats, or sacs, usually on plant terminals, between leaves, under bark or under rocks.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

[[File:Graptartia granulosa 438844712.jpg|thumb|center|''Graptartia granulosa'' from South Africa]]

In 2014, Martín Ramírez recognized the family in a restricted sense, including only the subfamilies Corinninae and Castianeirinae.<ref name=Rami14/> Two former subfamilies of the Corinnidae are now treated as separate families, Phrurolithidae and Trachelidae. As now recognized, Corinnidae contains 71 genera and over 800 species worldwide.<ref name=wsc />

Members of the genus ''Castianeira'' appear to be mimics of ants and velvet ants. Other corinnid ant-like genera include ''Mazax'', ''Myrmecium'' and ''Myrmecotypus''. ''Corinna'' is the type genus for the family and consists of small running spiders.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

[[File:Coenoptychus mutillicus 177260866.jpg|thumb|420px|center|Front view of ''Coenoptychus mutillicus'']]

==Genera==

<gallery mode=packed heights=120px> Battalus wallum 176745825.jpg|''Battalus wallum'' Cambalida dippenaarae-male.jpg|''Cambalida dippenaarae'' Merenius alberti 299747383 540037796.jpg|''Merenius alberti'' Nyssus coloripes 74386182.jpg|''Nyssus coloripes'' </gallery>

{{as of|2026|1}}, this family includes 76 genera and 892 species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Abapeba'' Bonaldo, 2000 – Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, Trinidad, Panama, Mexico, South America * ''Aetius'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Ivory Coast, Asia * ''Allomedmassa'' Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2014 – China, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam * ''Apochinomma'' Pavesi, 1881 – Africa, Asia, Brazil * ''Arushina'' Caporiacco, 1947 – Tanzania * ''Attacobius'' Mello-Leitão, 1925 – Argentina, Brazil * ''Austrophaea'' Lawrence, 1952 – South Africa * ''Battalus'' Karsch, 1878 – Australia * ''Brachyphaea'' Simon, 1895 – East Africa * ''Bunyoronius'' Bonaldo, Ramírez & Haddad, 2022 – Rwanda, Uganda, Central African Republic * ''Cambalida'' Simon, 1909 – Africa, India * ''Carteronius'' Simon, 1896 – Africa * ''Castianeira'' Keyserling, 1879 – Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Portugal, Spain * ''Castoponera'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Indonesia, Malaysia * ''Coenoptychus'' Simon, 1885 – Africa, India, Sri Lanka * ''Copa'' Simon, 1886 – Madagascar, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Australia * ''Copuetta'' Haddad, 2013 – Africa * ''Corinna'' C. L. Koch, 1841 – Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Pakistan, North America, South America, New Guinea * ''Corinnomma'' Karsch, 1880 – Africa, Asia, St. Vincent * ''Creugas'' Thorell, 1878 – USA to South America. Introduced to Ascension Island, Japan, Myanmar, Australia, Pacific islands * ''Crinopseudoa'' Jocqué & Bosselaers, 2011 – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia * ''Cycais'' Thorell, 1877 – Japan, Indonesia * ''Disnyssus'' Raven, 2015 – Australia * ''Donuea'' Strand, 1932 – Madagascar, Mauritius * ''Echinax'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Africa, Asia * ''Ecitocobius'' Bonaldo & Brescovit, 1998 – Brazil * ''Erendira'' Bonaldo, 2000 – Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, Panama, Venezuela, Lesser Antilles * ''Falconina'' Brignoli, 1985 – Bonaire, Panama, Mexico, South America. Introduced to Cuba, United States * ''Fengzhen'' Lu & Li, 2023 – China * ''Fluctus'' Jin & Zhang, 2020 – China * ''Graptartia'' Simon, 1896 – Africa * ''Grismadox'' Pett, Rubio & Perger, 2022 – Bolivia, Paraguay * ''Griswoldella'' Haddad, 2021 – Madagascar * ''Hortipes'' Bosselaers & Ledoux, 1998 – Africa, Mozambique * ''Humua'' Ono, 1987 – Japan * ''Ianduba'' Bonaldo, 1997 – Argentina, Brazil * ''Iridonyssus'' Raven, 2015 – Australia * ''Kolora'' Raven, 2015 – Australia * ''Leichhardteus'' Raven & Baehr, 2013 – Australia * ''Leptopicia'' Raven, 2015 – Australia * ''Mazax'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 – North America, South America * ''Medmassa'' Simon, 1887 – Africa, Asia, Australia, Papua New Guinea * ''Megalostrata'' Karsch, 1880 – North America, Colombia * ''Melanesotypus'' Raven, 2015 – Solomon Islands * ''Merenius'' Simon, 1909 – Africa, Yemen * ''Messapus'' Simon, 1898 – Africa * ''Methesis'' Simon, 1896 – South America * ''Myrmecium'' Latreille, 1824 – South America * ''Myrmecotypus'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 – USA to South America * ''Nucastia'' Raven, 2015 – Australia * ''Nyssus'' Walckenaer, 1805 – Australia, Fiji, Solomon Islands. Introduced to New Zealand * ''Olbus'' Simon, 1880 – Chile * ''Ozcopa'' Raven, 2015 – Australia * ''Parachemmis'' Chickering, 1937 – Panama, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana * ''Paradiestus'' Mello-Leitão, 1915 – Brazil * ''Paramedmassa'' Jin, H. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2019 – China, Laos, Thailand * ''Peng'' Lu & Li, 2023 – China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka * ''Poecilipta'' Simon, 1897 – Australia, New Caledonia * ''Pranburia'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993 – China, Southeast Asia * ''Procopius'' Thorell, 1899 – West, Central Africa * ''Pronophaea'' Simon, 1897 – South Africa * ''Psellocoptus'' Simon, 1896 – Venezuela * ''Pseudocorinna'' Simon, 1909 – Africa * ''Scorteccia'' Caporiacco, 1936 – Libya * ''Septentrinna'' Bonaldo, 2000 – Guatemala, Mexico, United States * ''Serendib'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – China, Southeast Asia * ''Simonestus'' Bonaldo, 2000 – Guatemala, Panama, Mexico, Venezuela * ''Sphecotypus'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 – Bolivia * ''Spinirta'' Jin & Zhang, 2020 – China * ''Stethorrhagus'' Simon, 1896 – South America * ''Tapixaua'' Bonaldo, 2000 – South America * ''Ticopa'' Raven, 2015 – Australia * ''Tupirinna'' Bonaldo, 2000 – Panama, South America * ''Vendaphaea'' Haddad, 2009 – South Africa * ''Wasaka'' Haddad, 2013 – Cameroon, Eastern Africa * ''Xeropigo'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 – Trinidad, United States, South America, Caribbean to Brazil, Guiana. Introduced to St. Helena {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:000018 | title=Family Corinnidae Karsch, 1880 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2026-01-22}}</ref> <ref name=Rami14>{{Citation |mode=cs1 |last1=Ramírez |first1=Martín J. |date=2014 |title=The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae) |url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/6537 |access-date=2021-01-15 |series=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |hdl=2246/6537 }}</ref> }}

==External links== * {{inaturalist taxon}}

Category:Corinnidae Category:Araneomorphae families