Gnathonarium Explained

Gnathonarium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1881.^[1]

Species

it contains seven species and one subspecies, found in Canada, China, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey, and the United States:^[2]

• Gnathonarium biconcavum Tu & Li, 2004 – China
• Gnathonarium dentatum (Wider, 1834) (type) – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan
  • Gnathonarium d. orientale (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Israel
• Gnathonarium exsiccatum (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Japan
• Gnathonarium gibberum Oi, 1960 – Russia (South Siberia), China, Korea, Japan
• Gnathonarium luzon Tanasevitch, 2017 – Philippines (Luzon)
• Gnathonarium suppositum (Kulczyński, 1885) – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), USA (Alaska), Canada
• Gnathonarium taczanowskii (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – Russia (Urals to Far East), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, USA (Alaska), Canada

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (A–H)

Notes and References

1. Karsch. F.. 1881. Verzeichniss der während der Rohlfs'schen Afrikanischen Expedition erbeuteten Myriopoden und Arachniden.. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 1–14. 47. 10.5962/bhl.part.13207. Ferdinand_Karsch.
2. Gen. Gnathonarium Karsch, 1881. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-14. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.