Symphytognathidae

Dwarf orb-weavers
	Crassignatha danaugirangensis, female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Symphytognathidae; Hickman, 1931
Diversity
	8 genera, 73 species

Symphytognathidae is a family of spiders with 90^[1] described species in eight genera. They occur in the tropics of Central and South America and the Australian region (with Oceania). Exceptions include Anapistula benoiti, Anapistula caecula, and Symphytognatha imbulunga, found in Africa, Anapistula ishikawai, found in Japan, and Anapistula jerai, found in Southeast Asia.^[2]

The species Patu digua is considered to be one of the smallest spiders in the world with a body size of 0.37 millimetres (0.015 in).^[3]

Morphology

Symphytognathidae are four, six or eight-eyed spiders and are generally small in size. The opisthosoma is covered in long hairs.^[4]

As of April 2019^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:^[2]

Anapistula Gertsch, 1941 — Asia, South America, Portugal, Oceania, Africa, North America, Jamaica
Anapogonia Simon, 1905 — Indonesia
Crassignatha Wunderlich, 1995 — Indonesia, Malaysia
Curimagua Forster & Platnick, 1977 — Panama, Venezuela
Globignatha Balogh & Loksa, 1968 — Brazil, Belize
Iardinis Simon, 1899 — Nepal, India
Patu Marples, 1951 — Asia, Colombia, Oceania, Seychelles
Swilda Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 — Asia
Symphytognatha Hickman, 1931 — Oceania, South America, Caribbean, Mexico, Belize, South Africa