Biology:Drapetisca
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Short description: Genus of spiders
Drapetisca | |
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D. socialis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Linyphiidae |
Genus: | Drapetisca Menge, 1866[1] |
Type species | |
D. socialis (Sundevall, 1833)
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Species | |
4, see text |
Drapetisca is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1866.[2] Females are 4 to 5 millimetres (0.16 to 0.20 in) long, and males are 3 to 4 millimetres (0.12 to 0.16 in) long. They are common on tree trunks from July to September, and they feed on insects and smaller spiders.[3]
Species
(As of May 2019) it contains four species:[1]
- Drapetisca alteranda Chamberlin, 1909 – USA
- Drapetisca bicruris Tu & Li, 2006 – China
- Drapetisca oteroana Gertsch, 1951 – USA
- Drapetisca socialis (Sundevall, 1833) (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Japan
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Drapetisca Menge, 1866. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1270. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ↑ Menge, A. (1866). "Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung.". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig 1: 1–152.
- ↑ "Genus Drapetisca". BugGuide. https://bugguide.net/node/view/41550.
Wikidata ☰ Q2521442 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapetisca.
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