| Drapetisca | |
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| D. socialis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Drapetisca Menge, 18661 |
| Type species | |
| D. socialis (Sundevall, 1833)
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| Species | |
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Drapetisca is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1866.2 Females are 4 to 5 millimetres (0.16 to 0.20 in) long, and males are 3 to 4 millimetres (0.12 to 0.16 in) long. They are common on tree trunks from July to September, and they feed on insects and smaller spiders.3
Species
As of May 2019 it contains four species:1
- Drapetisca alteranda Chamberlin, 1909 – USA
- Drapetisca bicruris Tu & Li, 2006 – China
- Drapetisca oteroana Gertsch, 1951 – USA
- Drapetisca socialis (Sundevall, 1833) (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Japan
References
References
- "Gen. Drapetisca Menge, 1866". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- Menge, A. (1866). "Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 1: 1–152.
- "Genus Drapetisca". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-13.