Tecution
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cheiracanthiidae
Genus: Tecution
Benoit, 1977[1]
Species

See text.

Tecution is a genus of spiders from Saint Helena within the family Cheiracanthiidae. They were first described and named by Benoit in 1977.[1][2] It was originally placed in the Clubionidae, but it was moved to Miturgidae in 1997, then to Cheiracanthiidae (syn. Eutichuridae) by Ramírez in 2014.[3] The genus consists of three species.

Species

As of April 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Tecution helenicola Benoit, 1977 – St. Helena
  • Tecution mellissi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – St. Helena
  • Tecution planum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) (type species) – St. Helena

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Tecution Benoit, 1977". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  2. ↑ Benoit, P. L. G. (1977). Fam. Clubionidae. In: La faune terrestre de l'île de Saite-Hélène IV. Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques (Zool.-Ser. 8°) 220, 64-81.
  3. ↑ Ramírez, M.J. (2014). "The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 390: 4. doi:10.1206/821.1. hdl:11336/18066. S2CID 86146467.


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