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Macaridion

Macaridion is a monotypic genus of European comb-footed spiders containing the single species, Macaridion barreti. The genus was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1992, and it is found in Portugal and Spain. The sole species was first described under the name Theridion barreti, but it was elevated to its own genus in 1992.

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Macaridion
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Macaridion
Wunderlich, 19921
Species:
M. barreti
Binomial name
Macaridion barreti
(Kulczyński, 1899)

Macaridion is a monotypic genus of European comb-footed spiders containing the single species, Macaridion barreti. The genus was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1992,2 and it is found in Portugal and Spain.1 The sole species was first described under the name Theridion barreti,3 but it was elevated to its own genus in 1992.2

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References

  1. "Gen. Macaridion Wunderlich, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  2. Wunderlich, J. (1992). "Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Biogeographie und Evolution". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 1: 414.
  3. Kulczyński, W. (1899). "Arachnoidea opera Rev. E. Schmitz collecta in insulis Maderianis et in insulis Selvages dictis". Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzen Wydzialu Matematyczno Przyrodniczego Akademji Umiejetnosci, Krakow. 36: 369.