Biology:Thyreosthenius

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Thyreosthenius
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Thyreosthenius parasiticus figure 214
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Thyreosthenius
Simon, 1884[1]
Type species
T. biovatus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)
Species

2, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Hormathion Crosby & Bishop, 1933[2]

Thyreosthenius is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.[3]

Species

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

  • Thyreosthenius biovatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far North East)
  • Thyreosthenius parasiticus (Westring, 1851) – North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East)

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Thyreosthenius Simon, 1884. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1673. Retrieved 2019-06-24. 
  2. Hackman, W. (1952). "Contributions to the knowledge of Finnish spiders". Memoranda Societatis Pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 27: 73. 
  3. Simon, E. (1884). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie. Roret, Paris. pp. 180–885. 

Wikidata ☰ Q25697 entry