Biology:Drapetisca

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Drapetisca
Drapetisca socialis (Invisible Spider) - Flickr - S. Rae.jpg
D. socialis
Scientific classification e
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)
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. 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. 
  2. Menge, A. (1866). "Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung.". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig 1: 1–152. 
  3. "Genus Drapetisca". BugGuide. https://bugguide.net/node/view/41550. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2521442 entry