Biology:Microcyba

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Microcyba
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Microcyba
Holm, 1962[1]
Type species
M. falcata
Holm, 1962
Species

18, see text

Microcyba is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by Å. Holm in 1962.[2]

Species

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

  • Microcyba aculeata Holm, 1964 – Congo
  • Microcyba affinis Holm, 1962 – Uganda
  • Microcyba angulata Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda
  • Microcyba brevidentata Holm, 1962 – Tanzania
  • Microcyba calida Jocqué, 1983 – Gabon
  • Microcyba cameroonensis Bosmans, 1988 – Cameroon
  • Microcyba divisa Jocqué, 1983 – Gabon
  • Microcyba erecta Holm, 1962 – Uganda
  • Microcyba falcata Holm, 1962 (type) – Uganda
  • Microcyba hamata Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda
  • Microcyba hedbergi Holm, 1962 – Uganda
  • Microcyba leleupi Holm, 1968 – Congo
  • Microcyba projecta Holm, 1962 – Uganda
  • Microcyba simulata Holm, 1962 – Kenya
  • Microcyba tridentata Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda
  • Microcyba vancotthemi Bosmans, 1977 – Kenya
  • Microcyba viduata Holm, 1962 – Kenya
  • Microcyba vilhenai Miller, 1970 – Congo

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Microcyba Holm, 1962. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1443. Retrieved 2019-06-16. 
  2. Holm, Å. (1962). "The spider fauna of the East African mountains. Part I: Fam. Erigonidae". Zoologiska Bidrag från Uppsala 35: 19–204. 

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