Parapelecopsis

Parapelecopsis
Parapelecopsis nemoralis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus:
Wunderlich, 1992[1]
Type species
P. nemoralis
(Blackwall, 1841)
Species

4, see text

Parapelecopsis is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1992.[2] The spider is found in woodlands in leaf litter, pine needles, moss at ground level and lichen and moss on tree trunks.

Species

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

  • Parapelecopsis conimbricensis Bosmans & Crespo, 2010 – Portugal
  • Parapelecopsis mediocris (Kulczyński, 1899) – Madeira
  • Parapelecopsis nemoralioides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1884) – Europe
  • Parapelecopsis nemoralis (Blackwall, 1841) (type) – Europe, Georgia

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Parapelecopsis Wunderlich, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  2. ^ Wunderlich, J. (1992). "Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Biogeographie und Evolution". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 1: 1–619.