Biology:Turkocranum

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Turkocranum is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Liocranidae containing the single species, Turkocranum bosselaersi.[1]

Distribution

Turkocranum bosselaersi has only been recorded from Turkey.[1]

Description

This species resembles resembles Liocranum L. Koch, 1866 and Mesiotelus Simon, 1897. Body length is about 4 mm. The carapace is yellowish brown.[2]

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of "Turkey" and genus Liocranum. The species is named in honor of Belgian arachnologist Jan Bosselaers.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Turkocranum Danışman & Coşar, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus-detail/5717/genus. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Danışman, T.; Coşar, İ. (2022). "Turkocranum gen. n., a new genus of Liocranidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Turkey". Zoology in the Middle East 68: 73–80. doi:10.1080/09397140.2022.2030525. 

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