Alioranus Explained

Alioranus should not be confused with Alioramus.

Alioranus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926.^[1]

Species

it contains six species:^[2]

• Alioranus chiardolae (Caporiacco, 1935) – Turkmenistan to China, Karakorum
• Alioranus diclivitalis Tanasevitch, 1990 – Caucasus (Russia, Azerbaijan)
• Alioranus distinctus Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
• Alioranus minutissimus Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
• Alioranus pastoralis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Greece, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Tajikistan
• Alioranus pauper (Simon, 1881) (type) – Mediterranean

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E.. 1926. Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 2e partie. Eugène_Simon.
2. Gen. Alioranus Simon, 1926. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.