Alcimosphenus
Alcimosphenus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Tetragnathidae |
Genus: | Alcimosphenus Simon, 1895[1] |
Species: | A. licinus
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Binomial name | |
Alcimosphenus licinus Simon, 1895
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Alcimosphenus is a monotypic genus of Caribbean long-jawed orb-weavers containing the single species, Alcimosphenus licinus. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895,[2] and is found in the Caribbean.[1] It was transferred to the Araneidae in 1951,[3] but was returned here in 2005.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Gen. Alcimosphenus Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^ Archer, A. F. (1951). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1". American Museum Novitates. 1487: 12.
- ^ Levi, H. W. (2005). "Identity and placement of species of the orb weaver genus Alcimosphenus (Araneae, Tetragnathidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 33: 754.
Categories:
- Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
- Spiders of the Caribbean
- Tetragnathidae
- Arthropods of the Dominican Republic
- Tetragnathidae stubs