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Frederickus

{{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | taxon = Frederickus | authority = Paquin, Dupérré, Buckle & Crawford, 2008 | type_species = F. coylei | type_species_authority = Paquin, Dupérré, Buckle & Crawford, 2008 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = {{Specieslist |F. coylei|Paquin, Dupérré, Buckle & Crawford, 2008 – USA, Canada |F. wilburi|([[Herbert Walter Levi|Levi]] & [[Herbert Walter Levi|Levi]], 1955) – USA, Canada }}

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Frederickus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Frederickus
Paquin, Dupérré, Buckle & Crawford, 20081
Type species
F. coylei
Paquin, Dupérré, Buckle & Crawford, 2008
Species
  • F. coylei Paquin, Dupérré, Buckle & Crawford, 2008 – USA, Canada
  • F. wilburi ([[Herbert Walter Levi|Levi]] & [[Herbert Walter Levi|Levi]], 1955) – USA, Canada

Frederickus is a genus of North American dwarf spiders that was first described by P. Paquin in 2008.2 As of May 2019 it contains only two species, both found in Canada and the United States: F. coylei and F. wilburi.1

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References

  1. "Gen. Frederickus Paquin, Dupérré, Buckle & Crawford, 2008". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. Paquin, P.; et al. (2008). "A new spider genus from North America: Frederickus (Araneae: Linyphiidae)". Animal Biology. 58: 91–112. doi:10.1163/157075608X303663.