Biology:Caracladus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Caracladus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Caracladus
Simon, 1884[1]
Type species
C. avicula
(L. Koch, 1869)
Species

5, see text

Caracladus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.[2]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains five species:[1]

  • Caracladus avicula (L. Koch, 1869) (type) – France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy
  • Caracladus leberti (Roewer, 1942) – Western, Central Europe
  • Caracladus montanus Sha & Zhu, 1994 – China
  • Caracladus tsurusakii Saito, 1988 – Japan
  • Caracladus zamoniensis Frick & Muff, 2009 – France, Switzerland, Austria

See also

  • List of Linyphiidae species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Caracladus Simon, 1884. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1209. Retrieved 2019-06-13. 
  2. Simon, E. (1884). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie. 

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