Stiphidion

<i>Stiphidion</i>

Stiphidion

Genus of spiders

Stiphidion is a genus of South Pacific sheetweb spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[3] Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the Stiphidiinae in 1967.[2] It is considered a senior synonym of Amarara.[2]

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Species

As of September 2019 it contains four species, found in New Zealand and Australia:[1]

Stiphidion fera is a synonym of S. facetum.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Gen. Stiphidion Simon, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. [2]
    Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.
  3. [3]
    Simon, E. (1902). "Descriptions de quelques arachnides nouveaux de la section de Cribellatés". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 1902: 240–243. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.19237. S2CID 87649777.


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