Mastigusa

Mastigusa is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1854.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only three species: M. arietina, M. lucifuga, and M. macrophthalma.[1]

Mastigusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Hahniidae
Genus: Mastigusa
Menge, 1854[1]
Species
  • M. arietina (Thorell, 1871) – Europe
  • M. lucifuga (Simon, 1898) – France
  • M. macrophthalma (Kulczyński, 1897) – Hungary, Balkans, Caucasus?, Russia (Middle and South Siberia)?

References
  1. "Gen. Mastigusa Menge, 1854". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. Menge, A. (1854), "Ergänzungen und Berichtigungen", in Koch, C. L.; G. C. Berendt (eds.), Die im Bernstein befindlichen Crustaceen, Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt, vol. 1, Berlin, pp. 1–124


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