Microctenonyx

Genus of spiders

Microctenonyx
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Microctenonyx
Dahl, 1886[1]
Type species
M. subitaneus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)
Species

4, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Alaxchelicera Butler, 1932[2]
  • Aulacocyba Simon, 1926[3]

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

Species

As of May 2019[update] 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

  • List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

  1. ^ a b c "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 (2): 194. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3750.2.8. PMID 25113690.
  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.
Taxon identifiers
Microctenonyx


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