Dicymbium

Dicymbium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.^[2]

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]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains eight species and one subspecies:^[1]

• Dicymbium elongatum (Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
• Dicymbium facetum (L. Koch, 1879) – Russia (Urals to Far East), Mongolia
• Dicymbium libidinosum (Kulczyński, 1926) – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), China
• Dicymbium nigrum (Blackwall, 1834) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China
  • Dicymbium n. brevisetosum Locket, 1962 – Europe
• Dicymbium salaputium Saito, 1986 – Japan
• Dicymbium sinofacetum Tanasevitch, 2006 – China
• Dicymbium tibiale (Blackwall, 1836) – Europe
• Dicymbium yaginumai Eskov & Marusik, 1994 – Russia (Far East), Japan

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species

References