Drapetisca
Encyclopedia
Drapetisca is a genus
of spider
s of the family Linyphiidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
s of the family Linyphiidae
Linyphiidae
Linyphiidae is a family of spiders, including more than 4,300 described species in 578 genera worldwide. This makes Linyphiidae the second largest family of spiders after the Salticidae. New species are still being discovered throughout the world, and the family is poorly known...
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Species
- Drapetisca alteranda Chamberlin, 1909 — USA
- Drapetisca australis Forster, 1955 — Antipodes IslandsAntipodes IslandsThe Antipodes Islands are inhospitable volcanic islands to the south of—and territorially part of—New Zealand...
- Drapetisca bicruris Tu & Li, 2006 — ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
- Drapetisca oteroana Gertsch, 1951 — USA
- Drapetisca socialisDrapetisca socialisDrapetisca socialis is a species of spider belonging to the family Linyphiidae. It is distributed across most of the Palearctic region.Even among the diminutive spiders in this family, this is a very small species with a body length of just 3 mm...
(Sundevall, 1833) — PalearcticPalearcticThe Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth's surface.Physically, the Palearctic is the largest ecozone...