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Laminacauda

Laminacauda is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1985.

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Laminacauda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Laminacauda
Millidge, 19851
Type species
L. diffusa
Millidge, 1985
Species

40, see text

Laminacauda is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1985.2

Species

As of May 2021 it contains forty species, found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay:1

References

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Laminacauda Millidge, 1985". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. Millidge, A. F. (1985). "Some linyphiid spiders from South America (Araneae, Linyphiidae)". American Museum Novitates (2836): 1–78.