Microdipoena is a cosmopolitan genus of dwarf cobweb weaver spiders in the family Mysmenidae. It was first described by Nathan Banks in 1895.
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Microdipoena is a cosmopolitan genus of dwarf cobweb weaver spiders in the family Mysmenidae. It was first described by Nathan Banks in 1895.
==Species== , this genus includes 21 species: Microdipoena comorensis (Baert, 1986) – Comoros Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978 – Seychelles, Congo, Comoros Microdipoena gongi (Yin, Peng & Bao, 2004) – China Microdipoena guttata Banks, 1895 – Canada, United States, Paraguay. Introduced to Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Comoros (type species) Microdipoena huisun Zhang & Lin, 2023 – Taiwan Microdipoena illectrix (Simon, 1895) – Philippines Microdipoena jobi (Kraus, 1967) – Europe, Caucasus, Iran, China?, Japan? Microdipoena lisu Zhang & Lin, 2023 – China Microdipoena menglunensis (Lin & Li, 2008) – China Microdipoena mihindi (Baert, 1989) – Rwanda Microdipoena nyungwe Baert, 1989 – Rwanda, Tanzania, Madagascar Microdipoena ogatai (Ono, 2007) – Korea, Japan Microdipoena papuana (Baert, 1984) – New Guinea Microdipoena pseudojobi (Lin & Li, 2008) – China, Japan Microdipoena saltuensis (Simon, 1895) – Sri Lanka Microdipoena samoensis (Marples, 1955) – Samoa, Hawaii Microdipoena shenyang Zhang & Lin, 2023 – China, Korea Microdipoena thatitou Zhang & Lin, 2023 – Laos Microdipoena vanstallei Baert, 1985 – Cameroon Microdipoena yinae (Lin & Li, 2013) – China Microdipoena zhulin Zhang & Lin, 2023 – China
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