Bishopiana is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1988.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only two species: B. glumacea and B. hypoarctica.[1]

Bishopiana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Bishopiana
Eskov, 1988[1]
Type species
B. hypoarctica
Eskov, 1988
Species
  • B. glumacea (Gao, Fei & Zhu, 1992) – Russia (South Siberia), China
  • B. hypoarctica Eskov, 1988 – Russia (Middle and north-eastern Siberia)

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Bishopiana Eskov, 1988". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. ^ Eskov, K. Y. (1988). "Seven new monotypic genera of spiders of the family Linyphiidae (Aranei) from Siberia". Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal. 67: 678–690.