Merizocera Explained

Merizocera is a genus of six eyed spiders in the family Psilodercidae, first described by Louis Fage in 1912.^[1]

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following species:

• Merizocera baoshan Li, 2020 – China
• Merizocera betong Li, 2020 – Thailand
• Merizocera brincki Brignoli, 1975 – Sri Lanka
• Merizocera colombo Li, 2020 – Sri Lanka
• Merizocera crinita (Fage, 1929) – Malaysia
• Merizocera cruciata (Simon, 1893) (type species) – Sri Lanka
• Merizocera galle Li, 2020 – Sri Lanka
• Merizocera hponkanrazi Li, 2020 – Myanmar
• Merizocera kachin Li, 2020 – Myanmar
• Merizocera kandy Li, 2020 – Sri Lanka
• Merizocera krabi Li, 2020 – Thailand
• Merizocera kurunegala Li, 2020 – Sri Lanka
• Merizocera lincang Li, 2020 – China
• Merizocera mainling Li, 2020 – China
• Merizocera mandai Li, 2020 – Singapore
• Merizocera nyingchi Li, 2020 – China
• Merizocera oryzae Brignoli, 1975 – Sri Lanka
• Merizocera peraderiya Li, 2020 – Sri Lanka
• Merizocera phuket Li, 2020 – Thailand
• Merizocera picturata (Simon, 1893) – Sri Lanka
• Merizocera putao Li, 2020 – Myanmar
• Merizocera pygmaea Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 – Thailand
• Merizocera ranong Li, 2020 – Thailand
• Merizocera ratnapura Li, 2020 – Sri Lanka
• Merizocera salawa Li, 2020 – Sri Lanka
• Merizocera stellata (Simon, 1905) – Indonesia (Java)
• Merizocera tak Li, 2020 – Thailand
• Merizocera tanintharyi Li, 2020 – Myanmar
• Merizocera tengchong Li, 2020 – China
• Merizocera thenna Li, 2020 – Sri Lanka
• Merizocera uva Li, 2020 – Sri Lanka
• Merizocera wenshan Li, 2020 – China
• Merizocera wui Li, 2020 – Myanmar
• Merizocera yala Li, 2020 – Thailand
• Merizocera yuxi Li, 2020 – China

Notes and References

1. Fage, L. (1912). Etudes sur les araignées cavernicoles. I. Revision des Ochyroceratidae (n. fam.). In: Biospelogica, XXV. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 5 10, 97-162.