Psechrus

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Psechrus
Psechrus torvus 164918869.jpg
P. torvus from India
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Psechridae
Genus: Psechrus
Thorell, 1878 [1]
Type species
P. argentatus
(Doleschall, 1857)
Species

57, see text

Psechrus is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Psechridae, and was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1878. [2]

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Species

As of June 2019 it contains fifty-seven species, found only in Asia and Queensland: [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Psechrus Thorell, 1878". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Thorell, T. (1878). "Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. II. Ragni di Amboina raccolti Prof. O. Beccari". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 13: 1–317.