Masonetta

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Masonetta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Masonetta
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 [1]
Species:
M. floridana
Binomial name
Masonetta floridana
(Ivie & Barrows, 1935)

Masonetta is a monotypic genus of North American dwarf spiders containing the single species, Masonetta floridana. It was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin & Vaine Wilton Ivie in 1939, [2] and has only been found in the United States. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Masonetta Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. Chamberlin, R. V.; Ivie, W. (1939). "Studies on North American spiders of the family Micryphantidae". Verhandlungen, VII. Internationaler Kongress für Entomologie, Berlin. 1: 56–73.