Relictocera

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Relictocera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Psilodercidae
Genus: Relictocera
F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2017
Type species
Relictocera qiyi
F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2017
Species

5, see text

Relictocera is a genus of spiders from Southeast Asia in the family Psilodercidae, first described in 2017. [1]

Species

As of July 2022 it contains five species: [2]

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References

  1. Liu, C; Li, F. Y.; Li, S. Q.; Zheng, G (2017). "Five new genera of the subfamily Psilodercinae (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from Southeast Asia". Zoological Systematics. 42 (4): 395–417.
  2. "Gen. Relictocera F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2017". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 29 July 2022.