Ochyrocera

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Ochyrocera
Ochyrocera varys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ochyroceratidae
Genus: Ochyrocera
Simon, 1892[1]
Type species
O. arietina
Simon, 1892
Species

56, see text

Synonyms[1]

Ochyrocera is a genus of midget ground weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[3]

Species[edit]

As of December 2021 it contains 56 species, found mostly in the Neotropical realm[4] in the Caribbean, South America, Guatemala, Mexico, and on the Polynesian Islands:[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Ochyrocera Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  2. ^ Brignoli, P. M. (1979). "Ragni delle Filippine III. Su alcuni Ochyroceratidae (Araneae)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 86: 598. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.82322.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1892). "On the spiders of the island of St. Vincent. Part 1". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 59: 549–575.
  4. ^ Valdez-Mondragón, Alejandro (2017). "On the poorly known haplogynae spiders of the genus Ochyrocera Simon (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from Mexico: description of two new species with an updated identification key for Mexican species". Zootaxa. 4226 (2): 194–204. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4226.2.2. PMID 28187611.