Gnathonargus

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Gnathonargus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Gnathonargus
Bishop & Crosby, 1935 [1]
Species:
G. unicorn
Binomial name
Gnathonargus unicorn
(Banks, 1892)

Gnathonargus is a monotypic genus of North American dwarf spiders containing the single species, Gnathonargus unicorn. It was first described by S. C. Bishop & C. R. Crosby in 1935, [2] and has only been found in the United States. [1]

The species name alludes to the diagnostic projection issuing from the clypeus in males, an elongate, slender rod with a rounded end that points diagonally upward. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Gnathonargus Bishop & Crosby, 1935". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. Bishop, S. C.; Crosby, C. R. (1935). "Studies in American spiders: miscellaneous genera of Erigoneae, part I.". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 43: 255–280.
  3. Spiders of North America : an identification manual (Second ed.). Keene, New Hampshire: American Arachnological Society. 2017. ISBN   978-0-9980146-0-9.