Stiphidion

Short description: Genus of spiders

Stiphidion

S. facetum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Subphylum:  | Chelicerata
Class:  | Arachnida
Order:  | Araneae
Infraorder:  | Araneomorphae
Family:  | Stiphidiidae
Genus:  | Stiphidion
Simon, 1902[1]
Type species
S. facetum

Simon, 1902

Species

4, see text

Synonyms[1]

* Amarara Marples, 1959[2]

Stiphidion is a genus of South Pacific sheetweb spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[3] Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the Stiphidiinae in 1967.[2] It is considered a senior synonym of Amarara.[2]

## Species

As of September 2019[update] it contains four species, found in New Zealand and Australia :[1]

* Stiphidion adornatum Davies, 1988 – Australia (Queensland)
* Stiphidion diminutum Davies, 1988 – Australia (Queensland)
* Stiphidion facetum Simon, 1902 (type) – Eastern Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand
* Stiphidion raveni Davies, 1988 – Australia (New South Wales)

Stiphidion fera is a synonym of S. facetum.[2]

## See also

* List of Stiphidiidae species

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Stiphidion Simon, 1902. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3193. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199–468.
3. ↑ Simon, E. (1902). "Descriptions de quelques arachnides nouveaux de la section de Cribellatés". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1902: 240–243. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.19237.

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