Merizocera
Appearance
Merizocera | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Psilodercidae |
Genus: | Merizocera Fage, 1912[1] |
Type species | |
Merizocera cruciata | |
Species | |
8, see text |
Merizocera is a genus of six eyed spiders in the family Ochyroceratidae, first described by Jean-Louis Fage in 1912.[2]
Species
As of February 2019[update] it contains eight species:[1]
- Merizocera brincki Brignoli, 1975 — Sri Lanka
- Merizocera crinita (Fage, 1929) — Malaysia
- Merizocera cruciata (Simon, 1893) — Sri Lanka
- Merizocera mus Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Thailand
- Merizocera oryzae Brignoli, 1975 — Sri Lanka
- Merizocera picturata (Simon, 1893) — Sri Lanka
- Merizocera pygmaea Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Thailand
- Merizocera stellata (Simon, 1905) — Java
References
- ^ a b "Family: Psilodercidae Machado, 1951". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- ^ Fage, L. (1912). Etudes sur les araignées cavernicoles. I. Revision des Ochyroceratidae (n. fam.). In: Biospelogica, XXV. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 5 10, 97-162.