Microctenonyx
Genus of spiders
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Microctenonyx is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.[4]
| Microctenonyx | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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) | |
| Species | |
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4, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
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