Microctenonyx is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.[4]
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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: | Microctenonyx Dahl, 1886[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. subitaneus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Species edit
As of May 2019[update] it contains four species:[1]
- Microctenonyx apuliae (Caporiacco, 1951) – Italy
- Microctenonyx cavifrons (Caporiacco, 1935) – Karakorum
- Microctenonyx evansae (Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980) – Nigeria
- Microctenonyx subitaneus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) (type) – Europe, Macaronesia, North Africa to Kyrgyzstan. Introduced to USA, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Gen. Microctenonyx Dahl, 1886". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
- ^ Scharff, N.; Hormiga, G. (2013). "On the Australian linyphiid spider Alaxchelicera ordinaria Butler, 1932 (Araneae)". Zootaxa. 3750 (2): 194. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3750.2.8. PMID 25113690.
- ^ Prószyński, J.; Staręga, W. (1971). "Pająki-Aranei". Katalog Fauny Polski. 33: 176.
- ^ Dahl, F. (1886). "Monographie der Erigone-Arten im Thorell' schen. Sinne, nebst anderen Beiträgen zur Spinnenfauna SchleswigHolsteins". Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schleswig-Holstein. 6: 65–102.