Biology:Masikia

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Masikia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Masikia
Millidge, 1984[1]
Type species
M. indistincta
(Kulczyński, 1908)
Species

4, see text

Masikia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1984.[2]

Species

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

  • Masikia bizini Nekhaeva, Marusik & Buckle, 2019 – Russia (north-east Siberia)
  • Masikia caliginosa Millidge, 1984 – Russia (Europe to Far North-East, Kurile Is.), USA (Alaska)
  • Masikia indistincta (Kulczyński, 1908) (type) – Russia (Europe to Far North-East), Canada
  • Masikia relicta (Chamberlin, 1949) – USA

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Masikia Millidge, 1984. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1423. Retrieved 2019-06-15. 
  2. Millidge, A. F. (1984). "The erigonine spiders of North America. Part 7. Miscellaneous genera". Journal of Arachnology 12: 121–169. 

Wikidata ☰ Q521649 entry