Flexicrurum
Flexicrurum is a genus of spiders from China similar to the genera Althepus and Leclercera. Tong and Li originally placed the genus in Ochyroceratidae,[1] but Tong later moved it to Psilodercidae.[2] Males are generally smaller than 2 mm, but the size of females is unknown. The name is derived from Latin flex "curved", and crur "leg", referring to the inner turned palpal tibia of the male.[1] As of 2019 three described species have been found in caves of Hainan Island.[3]
| Flexicrurum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Psilodercidae |
| Genus: | Flexicrurum Tong & Li, 2007 |
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| Location of Hainan, China | |
References
- Tong, Y. F.; Li, S. Q. (2007). "First records of the family Ochyroceratidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from China, with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 55: 63–76.
- Tong, Y. F. (2013). "Haplogynae spiders from Hainan, China". Science Press, Beijing: 19.
- "Family: Psilodercidae Machado,1951". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
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