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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Masoncus Chamberlin, 19491 |
| Type species | |
| M. arienus Chamberlin, 1949
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Masoncus is a genus of North American dwarf spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1949.2
Species
As of May 2019 it contains four species, found in Canada and the United States:1
- Masoncus arienus Chamberlin, 1949 (type) – USA,
- Masoncus conspectus (Gertsch & Davis, 1936) – USA
- Masoncus dux Chamberlin, 1949 – Canada
- Masoncus pogonophilus Cushing, 1995 – USA. Known myrmecophilic association with Pogonomyrmex badius, this spider lives in the nest and feeds on springtails. 3
References
References
- "Gen. Masoncus Chamberlin, 1949". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- Chamberlin, R. V. (1949). "On some American spiders of the family Erigonidae". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 41 (4): 483–562. doi:10.1093/aesa/41.4.483.
- Tschinkel, Walter R. (2021). Ant architecture : the wonder, beauty, and science of underground nests. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 37. ISBN 9780691179315.