Tecution
Appearance
Tecution | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Cheiracanthiidae |
Genus: | Tecution Benoit, 1977[1] |
Species | |
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Tecution is a genus of spiders from Saint Helena within the Eutichuridae family. They were first described and named by Benoit in 1977.[1][2] It was originally placed in the Clubionidae, but it was moved to Miturgidae in 1997, then to Eutichuridae by Ramírez in 2014.[3] The genus consists of three species.
Species
As of April 2016[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- Tecution helenicola Benoit, 1977 – St. Helena
- Tecution mellissi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – St. Helena
- Tecution planum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) (type species) – St. Helena
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Tecution Benoit, 1977". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- ^ Benoit, P. L. G. (1977). Fam. Clubionidae. In: La faune terrestre de l'île de Saite-Hélène IV. Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques (Zool.-Ser. 8°) 220, 64-81.
- ^ Ramírez, M.J. (2014). "The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 390: 4.