Dicymbium
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Dicymbium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.[2]
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Dicymbium | |
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Dicymbium nigrum (Bl.) figure 185 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Linyphiidae |
Genus: | Dicymbium Menge, 1868[1] |
Type species | |
D. nigrum (Blackwall, 1834) | |
Species | |
8, see text |
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The etymology of the genus is based on the appearance of the male palp. The palpal tibia bears an elongated, broad, cup-shaped projection that surrounds the cymbium proper dorsally. Hence, Menge chose to name the genus Dicymbium, literally meaning two cymbia/a double cymbium.[3]