Maso (spider) explained

Maso is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.^[1]

Species

it contains seven species:^[2]

• Maso alticeps (Emerton, 1909) – USA
• Maso douro Bosmans & Cardoso, 2010 – Portugal
• Maso gallicus Simon, 1894 – Europe, Algeria to Azerbaijan
• Maso krakatauensis Bristowe, 1931 – Indonesia (Krakatau)
• Maso navajo Chamberlin, 1949 – USA
• Maso politus Banks, 1896 – USA
• Maso sundevalli (Westring, 1851) (type) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Mongolia, Japan

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E.. 1884. Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie. Eugène_Simon.
2. Gen. Maso Simon, 1884. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-15. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.