Misionella

Misionella is a genus of South American crevice weavers that was first described by M. J. Ramírez & C. J. Grismado in 1997.^[2] In 2005 a spider fossil found in 15- to 20-million-year-old Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic was described as Misionella didicostae.^[3] A second specimen was discussed soon thereafter.^[4]

Misionella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Filistatidae
Genus:	Misionella Ramírez & Grismado, 1997[1]
Type species
M. mendensis (Mello-Leitão, 1920)
Species
5, see text

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains five species from Brazil and Argentina:^[1]

• Misionella aikewara Brescovit, Magalhaes & Cizauskas, 2016 – Brazil
• Misionella carajas Brescovit, Magalhaes & Cizauskas, 2016 – Brazil
• Misionella jaminawa Grismado & Ramírez, 2000 – Brazil
• Misionella mendensis (Mello-Leitão, 1920) (type) – Brazil, Argentina
• Misionella pallida Brescovit, Magalhaes & Cizauskas, 2016 – Brazil