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Gonatium

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Gonatium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyLinyphiidae
Observations22
Observations recorded9,362

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
11
Family
Linyphiidae
Collections
MCZ, UPS, ZMBN, ZMUC
Recorded in
United States, Norway, Nederland

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Linyphiidae
Image
Gonatium.rubens.-.lindsey.jpg
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Commons category
Gonatium
taxon name
Gonatium
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Gonatium
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Encyclopedic overview

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Gonatium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.

==Species== it contains twenty species, found in Algeria, Bulgaria, Canada, China, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Macedonia, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Turkey, and the United States: Gonatium arimaense Oi, 1960 – Korea, Japan Gonatium biimpressum Simon, 1884 – France (Corsica), Italy Gonatium cappadocium Millidge, 1981 – Turkey Gonatium crassipalpum Bryant, 1933 – USA, Canada Gonatium dayense Simon, 1884 – Algeria Gonatium ensipotens (Simon, 1881) – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy Gonatium geniculosum Simon, 1918 – France Gonatium hilare (Thorell, 1875) – Central and southern Europe, Azerbaijan? Gonatium japonicum Simon, 1906 – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan Gonatium nemorivagum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – Southern Europe Gonatium nipponicum Millidge, 1981 – Russia (Far East), Japan Gonatium occidentale Simon, 1918 – Spain, France, Morocco, Algeria, Israel Gonatium orientale Fage, 1931 – Romania, Bulgaria Gonatium pacificum Eskov, 1989 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East) Gonatium paradoxum (L. Koch, 1869) – Europe Gonatium petrunkewitschi Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya Gonatium rubellum (Blackwall, 1841) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East) Gonatium rubens (Blackwall, 1833) (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Japan Gonatium strugaense Drensky, 1929 – Macedonia Gonatium tridentatum Irfan, Zhang, Cai & Zhang, 2025 – China (Chongqing)

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