Peponocranium

Peponocranium
Peponocranium ludicrum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861) figure 231
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Peponocranium Simon, 1884[1]
Type species
P. ludicrum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861)
Species
5, see text

Peponocranium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.^[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains five species, found in Europe:^[1]

• Peponocranium dubium Wunderlich, 1995 – Mongolia
• Peponocranium ludicrum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861) (type) – Europe, Russia
• Peponocranium orbiculatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882) – Germany to Russia, Georgia
• Peponocranium praeceps Miller, 1943 – Finland, Germany to Russia, Ukraine
• Peponocranium simile Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. "Gen. Peponocranium Simon, 1884". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
2. Simon, E. (1884). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie.