Merizocera

Merizocera is a genus of six eyed spiders in the family Ochyroceratidae, first described by Jean-Louis Fage in 1912.[2]

Merizocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Psilodercidae
Genus: Merizocera
Fage, 1912[1]
Type species
Merizocera cruciata
Species

8, see text

Species

As of February 2019 it contains eight species:[1]

  • Merizocera brincki Brignoli, 1975 — Sri Lanka
  • Merizocera crinita (Fage, 1929) — Malaysia
  • Merizocera cruciata (Simon, 1893) — Sri Lanka
  • Merizocera mus Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Thailand
  • Merizocera oryzae Brignoli, 1975 — Sri Lanka
  • Merizocera picturata (Simon, 1893) — Sri Lanka
  • Merizocera pygmaea Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Thailand
  • Merizocera stellata (Simon, 1905) — Java

References

  1. "Family: Psilodercidae Machado, 1951". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  2. Fage, L. (1912). Etudes sur les araignées cavernicoles. I. Revision des Ochyroceratidae (n. fam.). In: Biospelogica, XXV. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 5 10, 97-162.
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