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Pseudomaso

Pseudomaso is a monotypic genus of West African sheet weavers containing the single species, Pseudomaso longipes. It was first described by G. H. Locket & A. Russell-Smith in 1980, and has only been found in Nigeria.

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Pseudomaso
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Pseudomaso
Locket & Russell-Smith, 19801
Species:
P. longipes
Binomial name
Pseudomaso longipes
Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980

Pseudomaso is a monotypic genus of West African sheet weavers containing the single species, Pseudomaso longipes. It was first described by G. H. Locket & A. Russell-Smith in 1980,2 and has only been found in Nigeria.1

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  1. "Gen. Pseudomaso Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  2. Locket, G. H.; Russell-Smith, A. (1980). "Spiders of the family Linyphiidae from Nigeria". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 5: 54–90.