Dicymbium
Dicymbium nigrum (Bl.) figure 185
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Dicymbium
Menge, 1868[1]
Type species
D. nigrum
(Blackwall, 1834)
Species

8, see text

Dicymbium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.[2]

The etymology of the genus is based on the appearance of the male palp. The palpal tibia bears an elongated, broad, cup-shaped projection that surrounds the cymbium proper dorsally. Hence, Menge chose to name the genus Dicymbium, literally meaning two cymbia/a double cymbium.[3]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains eight species and one subspecies:[1]

  • Dicymbium elongatum (Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
  • Dicymbium facetum (L. Koch, 1879) – Russia (Urals to Far East), Mongolia
  • Dicymbium libidinosum (Kulczyński, 1926) – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), China
  • Dicymbium nigrum (Blackwall, 1834) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China
  • Dicymbium salaputium Saito, 1986 – Japan
  • Dicymbium sinofacetum Tanasevitch, 2006 – China
  • Dicymbium tibiale (Blackwall, 1836) – Europe
  • Dicymbium yaginumai Eskov & Marusik, 1994 – Russia (Far East), Japan

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Dicymbium Menge, 1868". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. Menge, A. (1868). "Preussische Spinnen. II. Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 2: 153–218.
  3. Spiders of North America : an identification manual. Ubick, Darrell,, Paquin, Pierre, 1965-, Cushing, Paula Elizabeth, 1964-, Roth, Vincent D.,, Dupérré, N. (Nadine),, American Arachnological Society. (Second ed.). Keene, New Hampshire: American Arachnological Society. 2017. ISBN 978-0-9980146-0-9. OCLC 992979274.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)


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