Flexicrurum
| Flexicrurum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Ochyroceratidae |
| Genus: | Flexicrurum Tong & Li, 2007 |
| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 3 species | |
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| Location of Hainan, China | |
Flexicrurum is a genus of small spiders from China, in the family Ochyroceratidae. It is similar to the genera Althepus and Leclercera. Males are generally smaller than 2 mm; females are unknown. The three described species were found in caves of Hainan Island.[1]
Name
The genus name is from Latin flex "curved", and crur "leg", and refers to the inner turned palpal tibia of the male.[1]
Species
- Flexicrurum flexicrurum Tong & Li, 2007
- Flexicrurum longispina Tong & Li, 2007
- Flexicrurum minutum Tong & Li, 2007
Footnotes
References
- Tong, Yangfeng & Li, Shuqiang (2007): First records of the family Ochyroceratidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from China, with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(1): 63-76. PDF
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