Microctenonyx

Microctenonyx is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.^[4]

Microctenonyx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Microctenonyx Dahl, 1886[1]
Type species
M. subitaneus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)
Species
4, see text
Synonyms[1]
Alaxchelicera Butler, 1932[2] Aulacocyba Simon, 1926[3]

Species

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

• Microctenonyx apuliae (Caporiacco, 1951) – Italy
• Microctenonyx cavifrons (Caporiacco, 1935) – Karakorum
• Microctenonyx evansae (Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980) – Nigeria
• Microctenonyx subitaneus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) (type) – Europe, Macaronesia, North Africa to Kyrgyzstan. Introduced to USA, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)