Desidae

{{Short description|Family of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Palaeogene|present}} | image = Badumna insignis (Black window spider).jpg | image_caption = ''Badumna insignis'' | image2 = Badumna longinqua 571300396.jpg | image2_caption = ''Badumna longinqua'' | taxon = Desidae | authority = Pocock, 1895 | diversity = 63 genera, 323 species | range_map = Desidae range map.svg | range_map_caption = blue: reported countries (WSC) green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist) }}

'''Desidae''' is a family of spiders, some of which are known as '''intertidal spiders'''. The family is named for the genus ''Desis'', members of which inhabit the intertidal zone. The family has been reevaluated in recent years and now includes inland genera and species as well, such as ''Badumna'' and ''Phryganoporus''. The vast majority of genera currently included in Desidae are native to Australia, New Zealand, or New Caledonia, although some are found in other parts of the world.

In 2017, the family Amphinectidae was merged into Desidae and the family Toxopidae was separated from it.<ref name=wheeler /> Those intertidal spiders that are truly marine commonly live in barnacle shells, which they seal up with silk; this allows them to maintain an air bubble during high tide. They emerge at night to feed on various small arthropods that live in the intertidal zone.

==Distribution== As now circumscribed, the family Desidae is mainly found in South America and Australasia, with some species reaching north to Malaysia.<ref name=wsc />

''Metaltella simoni'' has been introduced in a large part of the Southern United States (records exist from California, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida). It is feared that it could extirpate the native titanoecid species ''Titanoeca brunnea''.<ref name=edwards />

==Genera== {{as of|2026|1}}, this family includes 63 genera and 323 species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Akatorea'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand * ''Amphinecta'' Simon, 1898 – New Zealand * ''Austmusia'' Gray, 1983 – Australia * ''Badumna'' Thorell, 1890 – China, Indonesia, Australia. Introduced to South Africa, Japan, Germany, Netherlands, Mexico, United States, New Zealand, Brazil, Uruguay, Britain * ''Baiami'' Lehtinen, 1967 – Australia * ''Bakala'' Davies, 1990 – Australia * ''Barahna'' Davies, 2003 – Australia * ''Buyina'' Davies, 1998 – Australia * ''Calacadia'' Exline, 1960 – Chile * ''Cambridgea'' L. Koch, 1872 – New Caledonia, New Zealand * ''Canala'' Gray, 1992 – New Caledonia * ''Cedicoides'' Charitonov, 1946 – Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan * ''Cedicus'' Simon, 1875 – Japan, Myanmar, Israel, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean, Himalayas * ''Cicirra'' Simon, 1886 – Australia * ''Colcarteria'' Gray, 1992 – Australia * ''Corasoides'' Butler, 1929 – Australia, Papua New Guinea * ''Cunnawarra'' Davies, 1998 – Australia * ''Desis'' Walckenaer, 1837 – Eastern Africa, Namibia, South Africa, China, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, India, Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Samoa, Galapagos * ''Dunstanoides'' Forster & Wilton, 1989 – New Zealand * ''Epimecinus'' Simon, 1908 – Australia, New Caledonia * ''Forsterina'' Lehtinen, 1967 – Australia, New Caledonia * ''Goyenia'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand * ''Helsonia'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand * ''Holomamoea'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand * ''Huara'' Forster, 1964 – New Zealand * ''Ischalea'' L. Koch, 1872 – Madagascar, Mauritius, New Zealand * ''Jalkaraburra'' Davies, 1998 – Australia * ''Keera'' Davies, 1998 – Australia * ''Lathyarcha'' Simon, 1908 – Australia * ''Magua'' Davies, 1998 – Australia * ''Makora'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand * ''Mamoea'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand * ''Mangareia'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand * ''Maniho'' Marples, 1959 – New Zealand * ''Manjala'' Davies, 1990 – Australia * ''Matachia'' Dalmas, 1917 – New Zealand * ''Mesudus'' Özdikmen, 2007 – New Zealand * ''Metaltella'' Mello-Leitão, 1931 – South America. Introduced to North America * ''Namandia'' Lehtinen, 1967 – Australia * ''Nanocambridgea'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand * ''Neororea'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand * ''Notomatachia'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand * ''Nuisiana'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand * ''Oparara'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand * ''Panoa'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand * ''Paracedicus'' Fet, 1993 – Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Western Asia * ''Paramamoea'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand * ''Paramatachia'' Dalmas, 1918 – Australia * ''Penaoola'' Davies, 1998 – Australia * ''Phryganoporus'' Simon, 1908 – Australia * ''Pitonga'' Davies, 1984 – Northern Australia * ''Poaka'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand * ''Porteria'' Simon, 1904 – Chile * ''Quemusia'' Davies, 1998 – Australia * ''Rangitata'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand * ''Rapua'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand * ''Reinga'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand * ''Rorea'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand * ''Syrorisa'' Simon, 1908 – Australia, New Caledonia * ''Tanganoides'' Davies, 2005 – Australia * ''Taurongia'' Hogg, 1901 – Australia * ''Tuakana'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand * ''Waterea'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/catalog/26 | title=Family Desidae Pocock, 1895 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2026-01-18}}</ref> <ref name=edwards>{{cite journal |last1=Edwards |first1=G.B. |title=Cribellate Spider, Metaltella simoni (Keyserling) (Arachnida: Araneae: Amphinectidae) |journal=Extension University of Florida. |date=2005 |issue=EENY-322 |url=https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/download/114655/109989 |access-date=4 November 2024}}</ref> <ref name=wheeler>{{cite journal |last1=Wheeler |first1=Ward C. |last2=Coddington |first2=Jonathan A. |last3=Crowley |first3=Louise M. |last4=Dimitrov |first4=Dimitar |last5=Goloboff |first5=Pablo A. |last6=Griswold |first6=Charles E. |last7=Hormiga |first7=Gustavo |last8=Prendini |first8=Lorenzo |last9=Ramírez |first9=Martín J. |last10=Sierwald |first10=Petra |last11=Almeida-Silva |first11=Lina |last12=Alvarez-Padilla |first12=Fernando |last13=Arnedo |first13=Miquel A. |last14=Benavides Silva |first14=Ligia R. |last15=Benjamin |first15=Suresh P. |last16=Bond |first16=Jason E. |last17=Grismado |first17=Cristian J. |last18=Hasan |first18=Emile |last19=Hedin |first19=Marshal |last20=Izquierdo |first20=Matías A. |last21=Labarque |first21=Facundo M. |last22=Ledford |first22=Joel |last23=Lopardo |first23=Lara |last24=Maddison |first24=Wayne P. |last25=Miller |first25=Jeremy A. |last26=Piacentini |first26=Luis N. |last27=Platnick |first27=Norman I. |last28=Polotow |first28=Daniele |last29=Silva-Dávila |first29=Diana |last30=Scharff |first30=Nikolaj |last31=Szűts |first31=Tamás |last32=Ubick |first32=Darrell |last33=Vink |first33=Cor J. |last34=Wood |first34=Hannah M. |last35=Zhang |first35=Junxia |title=The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling |journal=Cladistics |date=December 2017 |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=574–616 |doi=10.1111/cla.12182 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cla.12182 |access-date=4 November 2024}}</ref>  }}

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Category:Desidae Category:Araneomorphae families