Missulena
Missulena is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Actinopodidae. It was first described by Charles Walckenaer in 1805, and is a senior synonym of Eriodon. M. tussulena is found in Chile, but the rest are indigenous to Australia. They are sometimes referred to as "mouse spiders" from the now-disproven belief that they dig deep burrows similar to those of mice. Scotophaeus blackwalli is also called a "mouse spider", but it is smaller and not closely related.
25 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Red-headed Mouse Spider
speciesMissulena occatoria
Eastern Mouse Spider
speciesMissulena bradleyi
Northern Mouse Spider
speciesMissulena pruinosa
Missulena hoggi
speciesMissulena hoggi
Missulena granulosa
speciesMissulena granulosa
Missulena dipsaca
speciesMissulena dipsaca
Missulena tussulena
speciesMissulena tussulena
Missulena torbayensis
speciesMissulena torbayensis
Missulena rutraspina
speciesMissulena rutraspina
Missulena pinguipes
speciesMissulena pinguipes
Missulena insignis
speciesMissulena insignis
Missulena reflexa
speciesMissulena reflexa
Missulena faulderi
speciesMissulena faulderi
Missulena harewoodi
speciesMissulena harewoodi
Missulena langlandsi
speciesMissulena langlandsi
Missulena leniae
speciesMissulena leniae
Missulena mainae
speciesMissulena mainae
Missulena melissae
speciesMissulena melissae
Missulena davidi
speciesMissulena davidi
Missulena manningensis
speciesMissulena manningensis
Missulena terra
speciesMissulena terra
Missulena minima
speciesMissulena minima
Missulena ignea
speciesMissulena ignea
Missulena gelasinos
speciesMissulena gelasinos
Missulena durokoppin
speciesMissulena durokoppin
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 368880.