Biology:Floricomus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Floricomus
Temporal range: Neogene– Present
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Floricomus
Crosby & Bishop, 1925[1]
Type species
F. rostratus
(Emerton, 1882)
Species

13, see text

Floricomus is a genus of North American dwarf spiders that was first described by C. R. Crosby & S. C. Bishop in 1925.[2]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains thirteen species, found in Canada and the United States :[1]

  • Floricomus bishopi Ivie & Barrows, 1935 – USA
  • Floricomus crosbyi Ivie & Barrows, 1935 – USA
  • Floricomus littoralis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 – USA
  • Floricomus mulaiki Gertsch & Davis, 1936 – USA
  • Floricomus nasutus (Emerton, 1911) – USA
  • Floricomus nigriceps (Banks, 1906) – USA
  • Floricomus ornatulus Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 – USA
  • Floricomus plumalis (Crosby, 1905) – USA
  • Floricomus praedesignatus Bishop & Crosby, 1935 – USA, Canada
  • Floricomus pythonicus Crosby & Bishop, 1925 – USA
  • Floricomus rostratus (Emerton, 1882) (type) – USA
  • Floricomus setosus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 – USA
  • Floricomus tallulae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 – USA

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Floricomus Crosby & Bishop, 1925. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1309. Retrieved 2019-06-14. 
  2. Crosby, C. R.; Bishop, S. C. (1925). "A new genus and two new species of spiders collected by Bufo quercicus (Holbrook).". Florida Entomologist 9 (3): 33–36. doi:10.2307/3492476. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2059759 entry