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Masoncus Conspectus
''Masoncus'' is a genus of North American Linyphiidae, dwarf spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1949. Species it contains four species, found in Canada and the United States: *''Masoncus arienus'' Chamberlin, 1949 (Type species, type) – USA, *''Masoncus conspectus'' (Willis J. Gertsch, Gertsch & Davis, 1936) – USA *''Masoncus dux'' Chamberlin, 1949 – Canada *''Masoncus pogonophilus'' Cushing, 1995 – USA. Known myrmecophilic association with ''Pogonomyrmex badius'', this spider lives in the nest and feeds on springtails. See also * List of Linyphiidae species (I–P) References Araneomorphae genera Linyphiidae Spiders of North America {{Linyphiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Vary Chamberlin
Ralph Vary Chamberlin (January 3, 1879October 31, 1967) was an American biologist, ethnographer, and historian from Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a faculty member of the University of Utah for over 25 years, where he helped establish the School of Medicine and served as its first dean, and later became head of the zoology department. He also taught at Brigham Young University and the University of Pennsylvania, and worked for over a decade at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, where he described species from around the world. Chamberlin was a prolific taxonomist who named over 4,000 new animal species in over 400 scientific publications. He specialized in arachnids (spiders, scorpions, and relatives) and myriapods (centipedes, millipedes, and relatives), ranking among the most prolific arachnologists and myriapodologists in history. He described over 1,400 species of spiders, 1,000 species of millipedes, and the majority of North American centipedes, altho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
