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Cornicephalus

Cornicephalus is a monotypic genus of East Asian dwarf spiders containing the single species, Cornicephalus jilinensis. It was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & J. Wunderlich in 1995, and has only been found in China.

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Cornicephalus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Cornicephalus
Saaristo & Wunderlich, 19951
Species:
C. jilinensis
Binomial name
Cornicephalus jilinensis
Saaristo & Wunderlich, 1995

Cornicephalus is a monotypic genus of East Asian dwarf spiders containing the single species, Cornicephalus jilinensis. It was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & J. Wunderlich in 1995,2 and has only been found in China.1

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References

  1. "Gen. Cornicephalus Saaristo & Wunderlich, 1995". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. Saaristo, M. I.; Wunderlich, J. (1995). "Cornicephalus jilinensis n.sp. - a new spider genus and species from China (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Micronetinae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 4 (1994): 307–310.