Masikia

Masikia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1984.[2]

Masikia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Masikia
Millidge, 1984[1]
Type species
M. indistincta
(Kulczyński, 1908)
Species

4, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains four species, found in Canada, Russia, and the United States:[1]

  • Masikia bizini Nekhaeva, Marusik & Buckle, 2019 – Russia (north-east Siberia)
  • Masikia caliginosa Millidge, 1984 – Russia (Europe to Far North-East, Kurile Is.), USA (Alaska)
  • Masikia indistincta (Kulczyński, 1908) (type) – Russia (Europe to Far North-East), Canada
  • Masikia relicta (Chamberlin, 1949) – USA

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Masikia Millidge, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. Millidge, A. F. (1984). "The erigonine spiders of North America. Part 7. Miscellaneous genera". Journal of Arachnology. 12: 121–169.


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