Floricomus

Floricomus Temporal range: Neogene– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Floricomus Crosby & Bishop, 1925[1]
Type species
F. rostratus (Emerton, 1882)
Species
13, see text

Floricomus is a genus of North American dwarf spiders that was first described by C. R. Crosby & S. C. Bishop in 1925.[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains thirteen species, found in Canada and the United States:[1]

• Floricomus bishopi Ivie & Barrows, 1935 – USA
• Floricomus crosbyi Ivie & Barrows, 1935 – USA
• Floricomus littoralis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 – USA
• Floricomus mulaiki Gertsch & Davis, 1936 – USA
• Floricomus nasutus (Emerton, 1911) – USA
• Floricomus nigriceps (Banks, 1906) – USA
• Floricomus ornatulus Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 – USA
• Floricomus plumalis (Crosby, 1905) – USA
• Floricomus praedesignatus Bishop & Crosby, 1935 – USA, Canada
• Floricomus pythonicus Crosby & Bishop, 1925 – USA
• Floricomus rostratus (Emerton, 1882) (type) – USA
• Floricomus setosus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 – USA
• Floricomus tallulae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 – USA

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (A–H)

References

1. "Gen. Floricomus Crosby & Bishop, 1925". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
2. Crosby, C. R.; Bishop, S. C. (1925). "A new genus and two new species of spiders collected by Bufo quercicus (Holbrook)". Florida Entomologist. 9 (3): 33–36. doi:10.2307/3492476. JSTOR 3492476.