Locketidium

Locketidium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Locketidium Jocqué, 1981[1]
Type species
L. bosmansi Jocqué, 1981
Species
L. bosmansi Jocqué, 1981 – Malawi L. couloni Jocqué, 1981 – Kenya L. stuarti Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania

Locketidium is a genus of East African dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Jocqué in 1981.[2] As of May 2019^[update] it contains only three species, found in Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania: L. bosmansi, L. couloni, and L. stuarti.[1]

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. "Gen. Locketidium Jocqué, 1981". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
2. Jocqué, R. (1981). "Some linyphiids from Kenya with the description of Locketidium n. gen. (Araneida, Linyphiidae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine. 95: 557–569.