Floricomus is a genus of North American dwarf spiders that was first described by C. R. Crosby & S. C. Bishop in 1925.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Floricomus Crosby & Bishop, 1925[1] |
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| F. rostratus (Emerton, 1882)
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Species
editAs of May 2019[update] it contains thirteen species, found in Canada and the United States:[1]
- Floricomus bishopi Ivie & Barrows, 1935 – USA
- Floricomus crosbyi Ivie & Barrows, 1935 – USA
- Floricomus littoralis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 – USA
- Floricomus mulaiki Gertsch & Davis, 1936 – USA
- Floricomus nasutus (Emerton, 1911) – USA
- Floricomus nigriceps (Banks, 1906) – USA
- Floricomus ornatulus Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 – USA
- Floricomus plumalis (Crosby, 1905) – USA
- Floricomus praedesignatus Bishop & Crosby, 1935 – USA, Canada
- Floricomus pythonicus Crosby & Bishop, 1925 – USA
- Floricomus rostratus (Emerton, 1882) (type) – USA
- Floricomus setosus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 – USA
- Floricomus tallulae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 – USA
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Floricomus Crosby & Bishop, 1925". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
- ^ Crosby, C. R.; Bishop, S. C. (1925). "A new genus and two new species of spiders collected by Bufo quercicus (Holbrook)". Florida Entomologist. 9 (3): 33–36. doi:10.2307/3492476. JSTOR 3492476.