Maro (spider)

Maro
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Maro O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1907[1]
Type species
M. minutus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1907
Species
13, see text
Synonyms[1]
Micronetata Dahl, 1912[2]

Maro is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1907.[3]

Species

As of September 2022^[update] it contains thirteen species:[1]

• Maro bureensis Tanasevitch, 2006 – Russia (Far East)
• Maro flavescens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – Russia (South Siberia, Far East), Mongolia
• Maro khabarum Tanasevitch, 2006 – Russia (Far East)
• Maro lehtineni Saaristo, 1971 – Europe (Central and Northern)
• Maro lepidus Casemir, 1961 – Europe
• Maro minutus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1907 (type) – Europe
• Maro nearcticus Dondale & Buckle, 2001 – Canada, USA, Mexico
• Maro pansibiricus Tanasevitch, 2006 – Russia (Europe to Far East)
• Maro perpusillus Saito, 1984 – Japan
• Maro saaristoi Eskov, 1980 – Russia (Siberia, Far East, Sakhalin)
• Maro sibiricus Eskov, 1980 – Russia (Europe to Far East/East Siberia)
• Maro sublestus Falconer, 1915 – Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
• Maro ussuricus Tanasevitch, 2006 – Russia (Far East)

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. "Gen. Maro O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1907". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
2. Wiehle, H. (1956). "Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). 28. Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen". Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. 44: 133.
3. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1907). "On some new and rare British Arachnida". Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. 27: 72–92.