Sauron (spider)

Sauron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Sauron
Eskov, 1995
Type species
Sauron fissocornis

Sauron is a genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae containing two species in Europe and Asia.[1] Sauron spiders are 1.25 to 2 mm in total length. The genus name derives from the character Sauron from the books of J. R. R. Tolkien.[2]

References

  1. "Gen. Sauron Eskov, 1995". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. Eskov, K. Y.; Marusik, Y. M. (1995). "On the spiders from Saur Mt. range, eastern Kazakhstan (Arachnida: Araneae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 55–94.
  3. Nentwig W, Blick T, Gloor D, Hänggi A, Kropf C. "Sauron rayi (Simon, 1881)". Spiders of Europe. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  4. Milasowszky, Norbert; Hepner, Martin (2014). "First record of Sauron rayi (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in Austria". Arachnologische Mitteilungen 48: 1–7. doi:10.5431/aramit4801.
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