Parapelecopsis Explained

Parapelecopsis is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1992.^[1] The spider is found in woodlands in leaf litter, pine needles, moss at ground level and lichen and moss on tree trunks.

Species

it contains four species:^[2]

• Parapelecopsis conimbricensis Bosmans & Crespo, 2010 – Portugal
• Parapelecopsis mediocris (Kulczyński, 1899) – Madeira
• Parapelecopsis nemoralioides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1884) – Europe
• Parapelecopsis nemoralis (Blackwall, 1841) (type) – Europe, Georgia

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

Notes and References

1. Wunderlich. J.. 1992. Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Biogeographie und Evolution. Beiträge zur Araneologie. 1–619. 1.
2. Gen. Parapelecopsis Wunderlich, 1992. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-17. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.