''Thallumetus'' is a
genus
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of
cribellate
Cribellum literally means "little sieve", and in biology the term generally applies to anatomical structures in the form of tiny perforated plates.
In certain groups of diatoms it refers to microscopically punctured regions of the frustule, or ...
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (taran ...
spiders in the family
Dictynidae
Dictynidae is a family of cribellate, hackled band-producing spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Most build irregular webs on or near the ground, creating a tangle of silken fibers among several branches or stems of on ...
, and was first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...
in 1893.
Species
it contains ten species:
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Thallumetus acanthochirus''
Simon, 1904 – Chile
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Thallumetus dulcineus''
Gertsch, 1946 – Panama
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Thallumetus latifemur''
(Soares & Camargo, 1948) – Brazil
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Thallumetus octomaculellus''
(Gertsch & Davis, 1937) – Mexico
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Thallumetus parvulus''
Bryant, 1942 – Virgin Is.
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Thallumetus pineus''
(Chamberlin
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& Ivie, 1944) – USA
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Thallumetus pullus''
Chickering, 1952 – Panama
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Thallumetus pusillus''
Chickering, 1950 – Panama
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Thallumetus salax''
Simon, 1893 (
type
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* Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc.
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* ...
) – Venezuela
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Thallumetus simoni''
Gertsch, 1945 – Guyana
References
Araneomorphae genera
Dictynidae
Spiders of North America
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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