Microctenonyx

Microctenonyx
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Microctenonyx Dahl, 1886[1]
Type species
M. subitaneus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)
Species
4, see text
Synonyms[1]
Alaxchelicera Butler, 1932[2] Aulacocyba Simon, 1926[3]

Microctenonyx is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.[4]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains four species:[1]

• Microctenonyx apuliae (Caporiacco, 1951) – Italy
• Microctenonyx cavifrons (Caporiacco, 1935) – Karakorum
• Microctenonyx evansae (Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980) – Nigeria
• Microctenonyx subitaneus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) (type) – Europe, Macaronesia, North Africa to Kyrgyzstan. Introduced to USA, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. "Gen. Microctenonyx Dahl, 1886". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
2. Scharff, N.; Hormiga, G. (2013). "On the Australian linyphiid spider Alaxchelicera ordinaria Butler, 1932 (Araneae)". Zootaxa. 3750 (2): 194. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3750.2.8. PMID 25113690.
3. Prószyński, J.; Staręga, W. (1971). "Pająki-Aranei". Katalog Fauny Polski. 33: 176.
4. Dahl, F. (1886). "Monographie der Erigone-Arten im Thorell' schen. Sinne, nebst anderen Beiträgen zur Spinnenfauna SchleswigHolsteins". Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schleswig-Holstein. 6: 65–102.