Nesopholcomma

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Nesopholcomma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Nesopholcomma
Ono, 2010 [1]
Species:
N. izuense
Binomial name
Nesopholcomma izuense
Ono, 2010

Nesopholcomma is a monotypic genus of Asian comb-footed spiders containing the single species, Nesopholcomma izuense. It was first described by H. Ono in 2010, [2] and has only been found in Japan. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Nesopholcomma Ono, 2010". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  2. Ono, H. (2010). "Spiders from Mikurajima Island, Tokyo, with descriptions of new genera and species of the families Linyphiidae and Theridiidae (Arachnida, Araneae)". Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo. 36: 51–63.