Biology:Stiphidion

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Stiphidion
Stiphidion facetum 11.JPG
S. facetum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Stiphidiidae
Genus: Stiphidion
Simon, 1902[1]
Type species
S. facetum
Simon, 1902
Species

4, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Amarara Marples, 1959[2]

Stiphidion is a genus of South Pacific sheetweb spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[3] Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the Stiphidiinae in 1967.[2] It is considered a senior synonym of Amarara.[2]

Species

(As of September 2019) it contains four species, found in New Zealand and Australia :[1]

  • Stiphidion adornatum Davies, 1988Australia (Queensland)
  • Stiphidion diminutum Davies, 1988 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Stiphidion facetum Simon, 1902 (type) – Eastern Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand
  • Stiphidion raveni Davies, 1988 – Australia (New South Wales)

Stiphidion fera is a synonym of S. facetum.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Stiphidion Simon, 1902. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3193. Retrieved 2019-10-13. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199–468. 
  3. Simon, E. (1902). "Descriptions de quelques arachnides nouveaux de la section de Cribellatés". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1902: 240–243. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.19237. 

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