Biology:Micromerys

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Micromerys
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Micromerys
Bradley, 1877[1]
Type species
M. gracilis
Bradley, 1877
Species

9, see text

Micromerys is a genus of South Pacific cellar spiders that was first described by H. B. Bradley in 1877.[2]

Species

(As of June 2019) it contains nine species, found only in Australia and Papua New Guinea:[1]

  • Micromerys baiteta Huber, 2011 – New Guinea
  • Micromerys daviesae Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Micromerys gidil Huber, 2001 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Micromerys gracilis Bradley, 1877 (type) – Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
  • Micromerys gurran Huber, 2001 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Micromerys papua Huber, 2011 – New Guinea
  • Micromerys raveni Huber, 2001 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Micromerys wigi Huber, 2001 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Micromerys yidin Huber, 2001 – Australia (Queensland)

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Micromerys Bradley, 1877. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2320. Retrieved 2019-07-04. 
  2. Bradley, H. B. (1877). "Araneides of the Chevert Expedition. Part II". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 115–120. 

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