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Bathylinyphia

Bathylinyphia is a monotypic genus of Asian dwarf spiders containing the single species, Bathylinyphia maior. It was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1992, and has only been found in China, in Japan, in Kazakhstan, in Korea, and in Russia.

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Bathylinyphia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Bathylinyphia
Eskov, 19921
Species:
B. maior
Binomial name
Bathylinyphia maior
(Kulczyński, 1885)

Bathylinyphia is a monotypic genus of Asian dwarf spiders containing the single species, Bathylinyphia maior. It was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1992,2 and has only been found in China, in Japan, in Kazakhstan, in Korea, and in Russia.1

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References

  1. "Gen. Bathylinyphia Eskov, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. Eskov, K. Y. (1992). "A restudy of the generic composition of the linyphiid spider fauna of the Far East (Araneida: Linyphiidae)". Entomologica Scandinavica. 23 (2): 153–168. doi:10.1163/187631292X00272.