Parapelecopsis

Genus of spiders

Parapelecopsis
Parapelecopsis nemoralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Parapelecopsis
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.[citation needed]

Species

As of May 2019[update] 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

  • List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

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.
Taxon identifiers
Parapelecopsis


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