''Tarsiphantes'' is a
monotypic
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genus
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of
sheet weavers containing the single species, ''Tarsiphantes latithorax''. It was first described by
Embrik Strand
Embrik Strand (2 June 1876 – 3 November 1947) was an entomologist and arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species, including the greenbottle blue tarantula.
Life and career
Strand was born in Ål, Norway. He studied at t ...
in 1905,
and has only been found in
Europe
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,
Canada
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,
Russia
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, on the
Greenland
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, and in
Siberia
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.
See also
*
List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)
This article lists all described species of the spider family Linyphiidae as of May 14, 2020, from Q to Z. Some genera have been updated to the World Spider Catalog version 21.0 .
''Racata''
'' Racata'' Millidge, 1995
* '' Racata brevis'' Tanase ...
References
Linyphiidae
Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of North America
Spiders of Russia
Taxa named by Embrik Strand
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