Masikia

Masikia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Masikia Millidge, 1984[1]
Type species
M. indistincta (Kulczyński, 1908)
Species
4, see text

Masikia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1984.[2]

Species

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

• Masikia bizini Nekhaeva, Marusik & Buckle, 2019 – Russia (north-east Siberia)
• Masikia caliginosa Millidge, 1984 – Russia (Europe to Far North-East, Kurile Is.), USA (Alaska)
• Masikia indistincta (Kulczyński, 1908) (type) – Russia (Europe to Far North-East), Canada
• Masikia relicta (Chamberlin, 1949) – USA

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. "Gen. Masikia Millidge, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
2. Millidge, A. F. (1984). "The erigonine spiders of North America. Part 7. Miscellaneous genera". Journal of Arachnology. 12: 121–169.