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Tubercithorax

Tubercithorax is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1988.

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Jul 8, 2026
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Length
116 w
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Source
Tubercithorax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Tubercithorax
Eskov, 19881
Type species
T. furcifer
Eskov, 1988
Species

2, see text

Tubercithorax is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1988.2

Species

As of June 2019 it contains only two species.1

  • Tubercithorax furcifer Eskov, 1988 – Russia
  • Tubercithorax subarcticus (Tanasevitch, 1984) – Russia (Europe, Siberia)
References

References

  1. "Gen. Tubercithorax Eskov, 1988". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  2. Eskov, K. Y. (1988). "Spiders of the genera Mecynargus, Mecynargoides gen. n. and Tubercithorax gen. n. (Aranei, Linyphiidae) in the fauna of the USSR". Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal. 67: 1822–1832.