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Syrorisa

Syrorisa is a monotypic genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders containing the single species, Syrorisa misella. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1908, and has only been found on New Caledonia and Australia. Originally placed in the Amaurobiidae, it was moved to the Desidae in 1967.

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Syrorisa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Syrorisa
Simon, 19081
Species:
S. misella
Binomial name
Syrorisa misella
(Simon, 1906)

Syrorisa is a monotypic genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders containing the single species, Syrorisa misella. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1908,2 and has only been found on New Caledonia and Australia.1 Originally placed in the Amaurobiidae, it was moved to the Desidae in 1967.34

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References

  1. "Gen. Syrorisa Simon, 1908". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. Simon, E. (1908), "Araneae. 1re partie", in Michaelsen, Hartmeyer (ed.), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens
  3. Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 266.
  4. Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 21.