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Peponocranium

Peponocranium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.

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Peponocranium
Peponocranium ludicrum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861) figure 231
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Peponocranium
Simon, 18841
Type species
P. ludicrum
Species

5, see text

Peponocranium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.2

Species

As of May 2019 it contains five species, found in Europe:1

  • Peponocranium dubium Wunderlich, 1995 – Mongolia
  • Peponocranium ludicrum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861) (type) – Europe, Russia
  • Peponocranium orbiculatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882) – Germany to Russia, Georgia
  • Peponocranium praeceps Miller, 1943 – Finland, Germany to Russia, Ukraine
  • Peponocranium simile Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden
References

References

  1. "Gen. Peponocranium Simon, 1884". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  2. Simon, E. (1884). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie.