Masirana Explained

Masirana is a genus of Asian leptonetids that was first described by T. Komatsu in 1942.^[1]

Species

it contains twenty-three species and three subspecies from Japan, Korea, and Okinawa:^[2]

• Masirana abensis (Kobayashi, 1973) – Japan
• Masirana akahanei Komatsu, 1963 – Japan
• Masirana akiyoshiensis (Oi, 1958) – Japan
  • Masirana a. imperatoria Komatsu, 1974 – Japan
  • Masirana a. kagekiyoi Komatsu, 1974 – Japan
  • Masirana a. primocreata Komatsu, 1974 – Japan
• Masirana bandoi (Nishikawa, 1986) – Japan
• Masirana bonghwaensis Seo, 2015 – Korea
• Masirana chibusana (Irie, 2000) – Japan
• Masirana cinevacea Kishida, 1942 (type) – Japan
• Masirana flabelli Seo, 2015 – Korea
• Masirana glabra (Komatsu, 1957) – Japan
• Masirana ilweolensis Seo, 2015 – Korea
• Masirana kawasawai (Komatsu, 1970) – Japan
• Masirana kinoshitai (Irie, 2000) – Japan
• Masirana kosodeensis Komatsu, 1963 – Japan
• Masirana kuramotoi Komatsu, 1974 – Japan
• Masirana kusunoensis Irie & Ono, 2010 – Japan
• Masirana kyokoae Yaginuma, 1972 – Japan
• Masirana longimana Yaginuma, 1970 – Japan
• Masirana longipalpis Komatsu, 1972 – Japan (Okinawa)
• Masirana mizonokuchiensis Irie & Ono, 2005 – Japan
• Masirana nippara Komatsu, 1957 – Japan
• Masirana silvicola (Kobayashi, 1973) – Japan
• Masirana taioensis Irie & Ono, 2005 – Japan
• Masirana taraensis Irie & Ono, 2005 – Japan

See also

• List of Leptonetidae species

Notes and References

1. Komatsu. T.. 1942. Acta Arachnologica. 54–70. 7. 2. 10.2476/asjaa.7.54. free.
2. Gen. Masirana Kishida, 1942. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-12. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.