Neomaso

Neomaso
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Neomaso Forster, 1970[1]
Type species
N. claggi Forster, 1970
Species
22, see text

Neomaso is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970.^[2]

Species

As of May 2021^[update] it contains twenty-two species:^[1]

• Neomaso abnormis Millidge, 1991 – Chile
• Neomaso aequabilis Millidge, 1991 – Argentina
• Neomaso angusticeps Millidge, 1985 – Chile
• Neomaso antarcticus (Hickman, 1939) – Kerguelen, Marion Is.
• Neomaso articeps Millidge, 1991 – Chile
• Neomaso arundicola Millidge, 1991 – Brazil
• Neomaso bilobatus (Tullgren, 1901) – Chile
• Neomaso claggi Forster, 1970 (type) – Chile, South Georgia
• Neomaso damocles Miller, 2007 – Brazil, Argentina
• Neomaso defoei (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
• Neomaso fagicola Millidge, 1985 – Chile
• Neomaso fluminensis Millidge, 1991 – Chile
• Neomaso insperatus Millidge, 1991 – Argentina
• Neomaso insulanus Millidge, 1991 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
• Neomaso minimus Millidge, 1985 – Chile
• Neomaso parvus Millidge, 1985 – Chile
• Neomaso patagonicus (Tullgren, 1901) – Chile, Argentina
• Neomaso peltatus Millidge, 1985 – Chile
• Neomaso pollicatus (Tullgren, 1901) – Chile, Argentina, Falkland Is.
• Neomaso scutatus Millidge, 1985 – Chile
• Neomaso setiger Millidge, 1991 – Chile
• Neomaso vicinus Millidge, 1991 – Argentina

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Neomaso Forster, 1970". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
2. Forster, R. R. (1970). "Araneae: Spiders of South Georgia". Pacific Insects Monographs. 23: 31–42.