Macrargus Explained

Macrargus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.^[1]

Species

it contains five species:^[2]

• Macrargus boreus Holm, 1968 – Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Russia
• Macrargus carpenteri (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895) – Europe
• Macrargus multesimus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – North America, Europe, Russia (European to Far East), China, Mongolia
• Macrargus rufus (Wider, 1834) (type) – Europe
• Macrargus sumyensis Gnelitsa & Koponen, 2010 – Ukraine, Belarus

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

Notes and References

1. Dahl. F.. 1886. Monographie der Erigone-Arten im Thorell' schen. Sinne, nebst anderen Beiträgen zur Spinnenfauna SchleswigHolsteins. Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schleswig-Holstein. 65–102. 6. Friedrich_Dahl.
2. Gen. Macrargus Dahl, 1886. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-15. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.