Biology:Masoncus
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arthropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chelicerata |
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Araneae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Araneomorphae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Linyphiidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Masoncus Chamberlin, 1949[1] |
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Masoncus is a genus of North American dwarf spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1949.[2]
Species
As of May 2019[update] it contains four species, found in Canada and the United States :[1]
- Masoncus arienus Chamberlin, 1949 (type) – USA,
- Masoncus conspectus (Gertsch & Davis, 1936) – USA
- Masoncus dux Chamberlin, 1949 – Canada
- Masoncus pogonophilus Cushing, 1995 – USA. Known myrmecophilic association with Pogonomyrmex badius, this spider lives in the nest and feeds on springtails. [3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Masoncus Chamberlin, 1949. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1425. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ↑ Chamberlin, R. V. (1949). "On some American spiders of the family Erigonidae". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 41 (4): 483–562. doi:10.1093/aesa/41.4.483.
- ↑ Tschinkel, Walter R. (2021). Ant architecture : the wonder, beauty, and science of underground nests. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 37. ISBN 9780691179315.
Wikidata ☰ Q2066579 entry
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