Masikia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1984.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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)
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Species edit
As of May 2019[update] 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 edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Masikia Millidge, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ Millidge, A. F. (1984). "The erigonine spiders of North America. Part 7. Miscellaneous genera". Journal of Arachnology. 12: 121–169.