| Micrargus | |
|---|---|
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| Micrargus herbigradus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Micrargus Dahl, 1886 [1] |
| Type species | |
| M. herbigradus (Blackwall, 1854) | |
| Species | |
17, see text | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Micrargus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886. [4]
As of May 2019 [update] it contains seventeen species: [1]
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Agyneta is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. E. Hull in 1911.
Linyphia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. The name is Greek, and means "thread-weaver" or "linen maker".
Robertus is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1879. It is considered a senior synonym of Garritus.
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Nomisia is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1921.
Baryphyma is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.
Centromerus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by David B. Hirst in 1886.
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Hypomma is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by David B. Hirst in 1886.
Macrargus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.
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