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Microplanus

Microplanus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991.

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Length
115 w
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Source
Microplanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Microplanus
Millidge, 19911
Type species
M. mollis
Millidge, 1991
Species

2, see text

Microplanus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991.2

Species

As of May 2019 it contains two species:1

  • Microplanus mollis Millidge, 1991 (type) – Colombia
  • Microplanus odin Miller, 2007 – Panama
References

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Microplanus Millidge, 1991". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  2. Millidge, A. F. (1991). "Further linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from South America". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 205: 1–199.