Biology:Tolkienus
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Tolkienus is a genus of spiders in the family Dictynidae.[1]
Distribution
Tolkienus is distributed across North America and Eurasia. In North America, the genus occurs in Canada and the USA, with T. bellans extending into Mexico. In Eurasia, the genus is found from Eastern Europe to Iran. T. estoc is endemic to Equatorial Guinea in West Africa.[1]
Etymology
The genus is named in honor of J. R. R. Tolkien.[2]
Taxonomy
This genus was erected in 2025 with species formerly in genus Dictyna, and one newly described species from West Africa.[1]
Species
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes five species and one subspecies:[1]
- Tolkienus armatus (Thorell, 1875) – Ukraine, Russia (Europe, Caucasus)
- Tolkienus bellans (Chamberlin, 1919) – United States, Mexico
- T. b. hatchi (Jones, 1948) – United States
- Tolkienus estoc Cala-Riquelme & Al-Jamal, 2025 – Equatorial Guinea
- Tolkienus longispinus (Emerton, 1888) – Canada, United States (type species)
- Tolkienus ottoi (Marusik & Koponen, 2017) – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan), Iran
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Gen. Tolkienus Cala-Riquelme, Crews & Esposito, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/6726. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
- ↑ Montana, K. O.; Cala-Riquelme, F. (2025). "Tailor's drawer no more: a reappraisal of the spider family Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 sensu lato". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204: 1-97. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf007.
External links
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Wikidata ☰ Q135284771 entry
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