Rhion pallidum

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Rhion pallidum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Rhion
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 [1]
Species:
R. pallidum
Binomial name
Rhion pallidum

Rhion is a monotypic genus of Asian cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae containing the single species, Rhion pallidum. It was first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871, [2] and has only been found in Sri Lanka. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Rhion O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1871). "On some new genera and species of Araneida". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 38 (3, for 1870): 728–747.