Alboculus

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Alboculus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phrurolithidae
Genus: Alboculus
Liu, 2020 [1]
Species:
A. zhejiangensis
Binomial name
Alboculus zhejiangensis
(Song & Kim, 1991) [1]

Alboculus is a monotypic genus of east Asian spiders in the family Phrurolithidae containing the single species, Alboculus zhejiangensis. As of 2020 it has only been found in China. [1] A female was originally described under the name "Phrurolithus zhejiangensis", [2] but was described under its new name when a male was identified by K. K. Liu, H. P. Luo and Y. H. Ying in 2020. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Alboculus Liu, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  2. Song, D. X.; Kim, J. P. (1991). "On some species of spiders from Mount West Tianmu, Zhejiang, China (Araneae)". Korean Arachnology. 7: 19–27.
  3. Liu, K. K.; Luo, H. P.; Ying, Y. H.; et al. (2020). "A survey of Phrurolithidae spiders from Jinggang Mountain National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Province, China". ZooKeys. 946: 1–37. doi:10.3897/zookeys.947.51175.

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