Biology:Brachycerasphora

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Brachycerasphora
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Brachycerasphora
Denis, 1962[1]
Type species
B. monocerotum
Denis, 1962
Species

5, see text

Brachycerasphora is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. Denis in 1962.[2]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains five species:[1]

  • Brachycerasphora connectens Denis, 1964 – Libya
  • Brachycerasphora convexa (Simon, 1884) – Algeria, Tunisia, Israel
  • Brachycerasphora femoralis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Israel
  • Brachycerasphora monocerotum Denis, 1962 (type) – Libya
  • Brachycerasphora parvicornis (Simon, 1884) – Egypt, Israel

See also

  • List of Linyphiidae species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Brachycerasphora Denis, 1962. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1201. Retrieved 2019-06-13. 
  2. Denis, J. (1962). "Notes sur les érigonides. XXI. Brachycerasphora, nouveau genre nord-africain.". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 34: 239–246. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1970801 entry