Biology:Monocephalus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Monocephalus
Monocephalus cf. fuscipes (7013309441).jpg
Monocephalus cf. fuscipes
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Monocephalus
Smith, 1906[1]
Type species
M. fuscipes
(Blackwall, 1836)
Species

2, see text

Monocephalus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by F. P. Smith in 1906.[2]

Species

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

  • Monocephalus castaneipes (Simon, 1884) – Europe
  • Monocephalus fuscipes (Blackwall, 1836) (type) – Europe

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Monocephalus Smith, 1906. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1459. Retrieved 2019-06-16. 
  2. Smith, F. P. (1906). "The spiders of the Diplocephalus-Group". Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club 9 (2): 295–320. 

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