Biology:Mastigusa

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Mastigusa is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1854.[1]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes four species:[2]

  • Mastigusa arietina (Thorell, 1871) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe, Caucasus, South Siberia), Georgia, Iran
  • Mastigusa diversa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893) – Britain, Portugal, Spain, Algeria
  • Mastigusa lucifuga (Simon, 1898) – France (Pyrenees)
  • Mastigusa macrophthalma (Kulczyński, 1897) – Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria

References

  1. Menge, A. (1854), "Ergänzungen und Berichtigungen", Die im Bernstein befindlichen Crustaceen, Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt, 1, Berlin, pp. 1–124 
  2. "Gen. Menge, 1854". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00955. Retrieved 2026-01-23. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3298117 entry