Biology:Oreocyba

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Oreocyba
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Oreocyba
Holm, 1962[1]
Type species
O. elgonensis
(Fage, 1936)
Species

2, see text

Oreocyba is a genus of East African dwarf spiders that was first described by Å. Holm in 1962.[2]

Species

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

  • Oreocyba elgonensis (Fage, 1936) (type) – Kenya, Uganda
  • Oreocyba propinqua Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Oreocyba Holm, 1962. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1506. Retrieved 2019-06-16. 
  2. Holm, Å. (1962). "The spider fauna of the East African mountains. Part I: Fam. Erigonidae". Zoologiska Bidrag från Uppsala 35: 19–204. 

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