Dicymbium

Dicymbium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.[2]

Dicymbium
Dicymbium nigrum (Bl.) figure 185
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Dicymbium
Menge, 1868[1]
Type species
D. nigrum
(Blackwall, 1834)
Species

8, see text

The etymology of the genus is based on the appearance of the male palp. The palpal tibia bears an elongated, broad, cup-shaped projection that surrounds the cymbium proper dorsally. Hence, Menge chose to name the genus Dicymbium, literally meaning two cymbia/a double cymbium.[3]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains eight species and one subspecies:[1]

  • Dicymbium elongatum (Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
  • Dicymbium facetum (L. Koch, 1879) – Russia (Urals to Far East), Mongolia
  • Dicymbium libidinosum (Kulczyński, 1926) – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), China
  • Dicymbium nigrum (Blackwall, 1834) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China
  • Dicymbium salaputium Saito, 1986 – Japan
  • Dicymbium sinofacetum Tanasevitch, 2006 – China
  • Dicymbium tibiale (Blackwall, 1836) – Europe
  • Dicymbium yaginumai Eskov & Marusik, 1994 – Russia (Far East), Japan

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Dicymbium Menge, 1868". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. Menge, A. (1868). "Preussische Spinnen. II. Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 2: 153–218.
  3. Spiders of North America : an identification manual. Ubick, Darrell,, Paquin, Pierre, 1965-, Cushing, Paula Elizabeth, 1964-, Roth, Vincent D.,, Dupérré, N. (Nadine),, American Arachnological Society. (Second ed.). Keene, New Hampshire: American Arachnological Society. 2017. ISBN 978-0-9980146-0-9. OCLC 992979274.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)


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