Maso (spider)

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

Maso
M sundevalli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Maso Simon, 1884[1]
Type species
M. sundevalli (Westring, 1851)
Species
7, see text

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains seven species:^[1]

• Maso alticeps (Emerton, 1909) – USA
• Maso douro Bosmans & Cardoso, 2010 – Portugal
• Maso gallicus Simon, 1894 – Europe, Algeria to Azerbaijan
• Maso krakatauensis Bristowe, 1931 – Indonesia (Krakatau)
• Maso navajo Chamberlin, 1949 – USA
• Maso politus Banks, 1896 – USA
• Maso sundevalli (Westring, 1851) (type) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Mongolia, Japan

Male spider of species Maso sundevalli, seen from top.

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)