12, see text Drymusa is a genus of false violin spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1892.

[2] They physically resemble violin spiders (Loxosceles), but their bites are not believed to be medically significant.

[3] Originally placed with the spitting spiders, it was moved to the Loxoscelidae (now a synonym for Sicariidae) in 1981,[4] then to the Drymusidae in 1986.

[5] They occur in the Caribbean and South America.

As of May 2019[update] it contains twelve species:[1]