Horcotes

Horcotes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Horcotes Crosby & Bishop, 1933[1]
Type species
H. quadricristatus (Emerton, 1882)
Species
H. quadricristatus (Emerton, 1882) – USA H. strandi (Sytshevskaja, 1935) – Scandinavia, Russia (Europe to Far East), Canada H. uncinatus Barrows, 1945 – USA

Horcotes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by C. R. Crosby & S. C. Bishop in 1933.[2] As of May 2019^[update] it contains only three species, found in Canada, Russia, and the United States: H. quadricristatus, H. strandi, and H. uncinatus.[1]

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (A–H)

References

1. "Gen. Horcotes Crosby & Bishop, 1933". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
2. Crosby, C. R.; Bishop, S. C. (1933). "American spiders: Erigonae, males with cephalic pits". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 26: 105–172. doi:10.1093/aesa/26.1.105.