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Fissiscapus

Fissiscapus is a genus of South American dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991. As of May 2019, it contains only three species, all found in Colombia and Ecuador: F. attercop, F. fractus, and F. pusillus.

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Fissiscapus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Fissiscapus
Millidge, 19911
Type species
F. pusillus
Millidge, 1991
Species
  • F. attercop Miller, 2007 – Ecuador
  • F. fractus Millidge, 1991 – Colombia
  • F. pusillus Millidge, 1991 – Colombia

Fissiscapus is a genus of South American dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991.2 As of May 2019, it contains only three species, all found in Colombia and Ecuador: F. attercop, F. fractus, and F. pusillus.1

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References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Fissiscapus Millidge, 1991". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. Millidge, A. F. (1991). "Further linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from South America". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 205: 1–199.