Macrinus (spider)
Macrinus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Sparassidae |
Genus: | Macrinus Simon, 1887[1] |
Type species | |
M. succineus Simon, 1887 | |
Species | |
6, see text |
Macrinus is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1887.[2]
Species
[edit]As of September 2019[update] it contains six species, found in South America, the United States, and on Tobago:[1]
- Macrinus bambuco Rheims, 2010 – Colombia
- Macrinus calypso Rheims, 2010 – Tobago
- Macrinus jaegeri Rheims, 2007 – Brazil
- Macrinus mohavensis (Fox, 1937) – USA
- Macrinus pollexensis (Schenkel, 1953) – Venezuela, Brazil
- Macrinus succineus Simon, 1887 (type) – Ecuador to Brazil
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Macrinus Simon, 1887". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ Simon, E. (1887). "Espèces et genres nouveaux de la famille des Sparassidae". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 12: 466–474.