Locketidium
| Locketidium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Locketidium Jocqué, 1981[1] |
| Type species | |
| L. bosmansi Jocqué, 1981 | |
| Species | |
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Locketidium is a genus of East African dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Jocqué in 1981.[2] As of May 2019[update] it contains only three species, found in Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania: L. bosmansi, L. couloni, and L. stuarti.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Gen. Locketidium Jocqué, 1981". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ↑ Jocqué, R. (1981). "Some linyphiids from Kenya with the description of Locketidium n. gen. (Araneida, Linyphiidae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine. 95: 557–569.