Biology:Maso (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Maso
Maso sundevalli.jpg
M sundevalli
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Maso
Simon, 1884[1]
Type species
M. sundevalli
(Westring, 1851)
Species

7, see text

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

Species

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

  • Maso alticeps (Emerton, 1909) – USA
  • Maso douro Bosmans & Cardoso, 2010 – Portugal
  • Maso gallicus Simon, 1894 – Europe, Algeria to Azerbaijan
  • Maso krakatauensis Bristowe, 1931 – Indonesia (Krakatau)
  • Maso navajo Chamberlin, 1949 – USA
  • Maso politus Banks, 1896 – USA
  • Maso sundevalli (Westring, 1851) (type) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Mongolia, Japan
Male spider of species Maso sundevalli, seen from top.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Maso Simon, 1884. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1424. Retrieved 2019-06-15. 
  2. Simon, E. (1884). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie. 

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