| Masikia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Masikia Millidge, 1984 [1] |
| Type species | |
| M. indistincta (Kulczyński, 1908) | |
| Species | |
4, see text | |
Masikia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1984. [2]
As of May 2019 [update] it contains four species, found in Canada, Russia, and the United States: [1]
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Wabasso is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1984.
Bathyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1866.
Agyneta is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. E. Hull in 1911.
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