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Coscinida

Coscinida is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.

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Coscinida
Coscinida japonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Coscinida
Simon, 18951
Type species
C. tibialis
Simon, 1895
Species

17, see text

Synonyms1
  • Loxonychia Tullgren, 19102
  • Theridiella Tullgren, 19102

Coscinida is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.3

Species

As of May 2020 it contains seventeen species, found in Asia, Europe, and Africa:1

Formerly included:

  • C. subtilis Simon, 1895 (Transferred to Stemmops)
References

References

  1. "Gen. Coscinida Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  2. Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 23.
  3. Simon, E. (1895). "Etudes arachnologiques. 26e. XLI. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 64: 131–160.