Dicymbium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.[2]
| Dicymbium | |
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| Dicymbium nigrum (Bl.) figure 185 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Dicymbium Menge, 1868[1] |
| Type species | |
| D. nigrum (Blackwall, 1834)
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The etymology of the genus is based on the appearance of the male palp. The palpal tibia bears an elongated, broad, cup-shaped projection that surrounds the cymbium proper dorsally. Hence, Menge chose to name the genus Dicymbium, literally meaning two cymbia/a double cymbium.[3]
Species
editAs of May 2019[update] it contains eight species and one subspecies:[1]
- Dicymbium elongatum (Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
- Dicymbium facetum (L. Koch, 1879) – Russia (Urals to Far East), Mongolia
- Dicymbium libidinosum (Kulczyński, 1926) – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), China
- Dicymbium nigrum (Blackwall, 1834) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China
- Dicymbium n. brevisetosum Locket, 1962 – Europe
- Dicymbium salaputium Saito, 1986 – Japan
- Dicymbium sinofacetum Tanasevitch, 2006 – China
- Dicymbium tibiale (Blackwall, 1836) – Europe
- Dicymbium yaginumai Eskov & Marusik, 1994 – Russia (Far East), Japan
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Dicymbium Menge, 1868". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ Menge, A. (1868). "Preussische Spinnen. II. Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 2: 153–218.
- ^ Spiders of North America : an identification manual. Ubick, Darrell,, Paquin, Pierre, 1965-, Cushing, Paula Elizabeth, 1964-, Roth, Vincent D., Dupérré, N. (Nadine), American Arachnological Society. (Second ed.). Keene, New Hampshire: American Arachnological Society. 2017. ISBN 978-0-9980146-0-9. OCLC 992979274.
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