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Macarophaeus

Macarophaeus is a genus of European ground spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 2011. As of May 2019 it contains only three species: M. cultior, M. insignis, and M. varius.

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Macarophaeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Macarophaeus
Wunderlich, 20111
Type species
M. varius
(Simon, 1893)
Species
  • M. cultior (Kulczyński, 1899) – Canary Is., Madeira
  • M. insignis Wunderlich, 2011 – Canary Is.
  • M. varius (Simon, 1893) – Canary Is.

Macarophaeus is a genus of European ground spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 2011.2 As of May 2019 it contains only three species: M. cultior, M. insignis, and M. varius.1

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References

  1. "Gen. Macarophaeus Wunderlich, 2011". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. Wunderlich, J. (2011). "Extant and fossil spiders (Araneae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 6: 1–640.