Pelecopsidis is a monotypic genus of North American dwarf spiders containing the single species, Pelecopsidis frontalis. It was first described by S. C. Bishop & C. R. Crosby in 1935,[2] and has only been found in the United States.[1]

Pelecopsidis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Pelecopsidis
Bishop & Crosby, 1935[1]
Species:
P. frontalis
Binomial name
Pelecopsidis frontalis
(Banks, 1904)

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Pelecopsidis Bishop & Crosby, 1935". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  2. ^ Bishop, S. C.; Crosby, C. R. (1935). "American Erigoneae: the spider genera Pelecopsidis and Floricomus". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 43: 31–46.