''Gnathonargus'' is a
monotypic
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genus
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of
North America
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dwarf spiders containing the single species, ''Gnathonargus unicorn''. It was first described by S. C. Bishop & C. R. Crosby in 1935,
and has only been found in the
United States
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The species name alludes to the diagnostic projection issuing from the clypeus in males, an elongate, slender rod with a rounded end that points diagonally upward.
See also
*
List of Linyphiidae species (A–H)
This page lists all described species of the spider family Linyphiidae as of August 28, 2020, from A to H, of World Spider Catalog version 21.5
''Abacoproeces''
'' Abacoproeces'' Simon, 1884
* '' Abacoproeces molestus'' Thaler, 1973 — Austria
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References
Linyphiidae
Monotypic Linyphiidae genera
Spiders of the United States
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