Macrargus

Macrargus
M. rufus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Macrargus Dahl, 1886[1]
Type species
Theridion rufum Wider, 1834
Species
5, see text
Synonyms[1]
Auletta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882[2] Aulettobia Strand, 1929[2]

Macrargus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.^[3]

Species

As of May 2021^[update] it contains five species:^[1]

• Macrargus boreus Holm, 1968 – Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Russia
• Macrargus carpenteri (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895) – Europe
• Macrargus multesimus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – North America, Europe, Russia (European to Far East), China, Mongolia
• Macrargus rufus (Wider, 1834) (type) – Europe
• Macrargus sumyensis Gnelitsa & Koponen, 2010 – Ukraine, Belarus

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. "Gen. Macrargus Dahl, 1886". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
2. Wunderlich, J. (1974). "Ein Beitrag zur Synonymie einheimischer Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae)". Zoologische Beiträge. 20: 160.
3. Dahl, F. (1886). "Monographie der Erigone-Arten im Thorell' schen. Sinne, nebst anderen Beiträgen zur Spinnenfauna SchleswigHolsteins". Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schleswig-Holstein. 6: 65–102.