Masoncus

Masoncus is a genus of North American dwarf spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1949.[2]

Masoncus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Masoncus
Chamberlin, 1949[1]
Type species
M. arienus
Chamberlin, 1949
Species

4, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains four species, found in Canada and the United States:[1]

  • Masoncus arienus Chamberlin, 1949 (type) – USA,
  • Masoncus conspectus (Gertsch & Davis, 1936) – USA
  • Masoncus dux Chamberlin, 1949 – Canada
  • Masoncus pogonophilus Cushing, 1995 – USA. Known myrmecophilic association with Pogonomyrmex badius, this spider lives in the nest and feeds on springtails. [3]

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Masoncus Chamberlin, 1949". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. Chamberlin, R. V. (1949). "On some American spiders of the family Erigonidae". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 41 (4): 483–562. doi:10.1093/aesa/41.4.483.
  3. Tschinkel, Walter R. (2021). Ant architecture : the wonder, beauty, and science of underground nests. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 37. ISBN 9780691179315.


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