- Flexicrurum
Taxobox
name = "Flexicrurum"
image_caption =
image_width = 250px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo =Araneae
subordo =Araneomorphae
familia =Ochyroceratidae
subfamilia =
genus = "Flexicrurum"
genus_authority = Tong & Li, 2007
diversity_link = List of Ochyroceratidae species#Flexicrurum
diversity = 3 species
type_species =
type_species_authority =
range_
range_map_caption = Location of Hainan, China
range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text."Flexicrurum" is a
genus of smallspider s fromChina , in the familyOchyroceratidae . 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 ofHainan Island .Tong & Li 2007]Name
The genus name is from
Latin "flex" "curved", and "crur" "leg", and refers to the inner turned palpal tibia of the male.pecies
* "
Flexicrurum flexicrurum " Tong & Li, 2007
* "Flexicrurum longispina " Tong & Li, 2007
* "Flexicrurum minutum " Tong & Li, 2007Footnotes
References
* (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. [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/55/55rbz63-76.pdf PDF]
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