''Icariella'' is a
monotypic
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genus
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of
Balkan
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dwarf spiders containing the single species, ''Icariella hauseri''. It was first described by
Paolo Marcello Brignoli
Paolo Marcello Brignoli (25 April 1942 – 8 July 1986) was a prominent Italian entomologist. He studied a broad range of arachnid groups, including Araneidae, Acari, Ricinulei, Palpigradi, Schizomida, Opiliones, and Amblypygi. His research mainly ...
in 1979,
and has been found only in
Greece
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.
See also
*
List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)
This page lists all described species of the spider family Linyphiidae as of July 12, 2020, from I to P, of World Spider Catalog version 21.0
''Ibadana''
'' Ibadana'' Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980
* '' Ibadana cuspidata'' Locket & Russell-Smith, ...
References
Linyphiidae
Monotypic Linyphiidae genera
Taxa named by Paolo Brignoli
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