Tennesseellum formica

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Tennesseellum formica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Tennesseellum
Species:
T. formica
Binomial name
Tennesseellum formica
(Emerton, 1882) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Erigone formicaKeyserling, 1886
  • Bathyphantes formicaEmerton, 1882
  • Tennesseellum minutumPetrunkevitch, 1925
  • Prosopotheca transversaCrosby, 1905
  • Meioneta formicaChamberlin & Ivie, 1944

Tennesseellum formica is a spider in the family Linyphiidae. [1] [2] It is found in North America and the Marshall Islands. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Taxon details Tennesseellum formica (Emerton, 1882)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 21 February 2016.