Dichodactylus

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Dichodactylus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Dichodactylus
Okumura, 2017 [1]
Type species
D. tarumii (Arita, 1976)
Species

4, see text

Dichodactylus is a genus of Japanese funnel weavers first described by K. I. Okumura in 2017. [2]

Species

As of December 2024 it contains four species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Dichodactylus Okumura, 2017". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  2. Okumura, K. I. (2017). "Dichodactylus gen. nov. (Araneae: Agelenidae: Coelotinae) from Japan" (PDF). Species Diversity. 22: 29–36. doi: 10.12782/sd.22_29 .