Pelecopsis (original) (raw)

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Genus of spiders

Pelecopsis
P. nemoralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: PelecopsisSimon, 1864[1]
Type species
P. elongata(Wider, 1834)
Species
92, see text
Synonyms[1]
Exechophysis Simon, 1884[2] Lophocarenum Menge, 1866[3]

Pelecopsis is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1864.[4]

As of May 2021[update] it contains ninety-two species and four subspecies:[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Pelecopsis Simon, 1864". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  2. ^ Millidge, A. F. (1977). "The conformation of the male palpal organs of linyphiid spiders, and its application to the taxonomic and phylogenetic analysis of the family (Araneae: Linyphiidae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 4: 21.
  3. ^ Wiehle, H. (1960). "Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). XI. Micryphantidae-Zwergspinnen". Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. 47: 34.
  4. ^ Simon, E (1864). Histoire naturelle des araignées (aranéides). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.47654.
  5. ^ Naumova, Maria; Blagoev, Gergin; Deltshev, Christo (June 2021). "Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae)". Zootaxa. 4984 (1): 228–257. Retrieved 6 June 2024.