Eskovia

Eskovia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Y. M. Marusik & Michael I. Saaristo in 1999.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only two species: E. exarmata and E. mongolica.[1]

Eskovia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Eskovia
Marusik & Saaristo, 1999[1]
Type species
E. exarmata
(Eskov, 1989)
Species
  • E. exarmata (Eskov, 1989) – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), Canada
  • E. mongolica Marusik & Saaristo, 1999 – Mongolia

The male carapace in both members of this genus has a distinct shape, appearing roughly trapezoidal in profile, especially in E. exarmata.[2][3]

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Eskovia Marusik & Saaristo, 1999". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. Marusik, Y. M.; Saaristo, M. I. (1999). "Review of East Palearctic species of the genus Minicia Thorell, 1875 with descriptions of two new genera (Aranei: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae)". Arthropoda Selecta. 8: 125–130.
  3. Spiders of North America : an identification manual (Second ed.). Keene, New Hampshire: American Arachnological Society. 2017. ISBN 978-0-9980146-0-9.


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