Paro simoni

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Paro simoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Paro
Berland, 1942 [1]
Species:
P. simoni
Binomial name
Paro simoni
Berland, 1942

Paro simoni is a species of Spanish dwarf spiders. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Paro. The species and genus were first described by Lucien Berland in 1942, [2] and has only been found on the Austral Islands. [1] Originally placed with the Agelenidae, it was moved to the sheet weavers in 1967. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Paro Berland, 1942". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  2. Berland, L. (1942). "Polynesian spiders". Occasional Papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 17 (1): 1–24.
  3. Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 257.