Neoprolochus

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Neoprolochus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Neoprolochus
Reimoser, 1927 [1]
Species:
N. jacobsoni
Binomial name
Neoprolochus jacobsoni
Reimoser, 1927

Neoprolochus is a monotypic genus of Sumatran long-jawed orb-weavers containing the single species, Neoprolochus jacobsoni. It was first described by E. Reimoser in 1927, [2] based on a male found on Sumatra. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Neoprolochus Reimoser, 1927". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  2. Reimoser, E. (1927). "Fauna simalurensis Araneina". Entomologische Mitteilungen. 16: 43–48.