| Gnathonargus | |
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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: | Gnathonargus Bishop & Crosby, 19351 |
| Species: | G. unicorn
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| Binomial name | |
| Gnathonargus unicorn (Banks, 1892)
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Gnathonargus is a monotypic genus of North American dwarf spiders containing the single species, Gnathonargus unicorn. It was first described by S. C. Bishop & C. R. Crosby in 1935,2 and has only been found in the United States.1
The species name alludes to the diagnostic projection issuing from the clypeus in males, an elongate, slender rod with a rounded end that points diagonally upward.3
References
References
- Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Gnathonargus Bishop & Crosby, 1935". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
- Bishop, S. C.; Crosby, C. R. (1935). "Studies in American spiders: miscellaneous genera of Erigoneae, part I.". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 43: 255–280.
- Spiders of North America : an identification manual (Second ed.). Keene, New Hampshire: American Arachnological Society. 2017. ISBN 978-0-9980146-0-9.