Microctenonyx

Microctenonyx is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.[4]

Microctenonyx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Microctenonyx
Dahl, 1886[1]
Type species
M. subitaneus
Species

4, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains four species:[1]

  • Microctenonyx apuliae (Caporiacco, 1951) – Italy
  • Microctenonyx cavifrons (Caporiacco, 1935) – Karakorum
  • Microctenonyx evansae (Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980) – Nigeria
  • Microctenonyx subitaneus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) (type) – Europe, Macaronesia, North Africa to Kyrgyzstan. Introduced to USA, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Microctenonyx Dahl, 1886". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  2. Scharff, N.; Hormiga, G. (2013). "On the Australian linyphiid spider Alaxchelicera ordinaria Butler, 1932 (Araneae)". Zootaxa. 3750: 194. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3750.2.8</a>.
  3. Prószyński, J.; Staręga, W. (1971). "Pająki-Aranei". Katalog Fauny Polski. 33: 176.
  4. Dahl, F. (1886). "Monographie der Erigone-Arten im Thorell' schen. Sinne, nebst anderen Beiträgen zur Spinnenfauna SchleswigHolsteins". Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schleswig-Holstein. 6: 65–102.


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