Diechomma

Diechomma is a genus of South American dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991.[3] As of May 2019 it contains only two species, both found in Colombia: D. exiguum and D. pretiosum.[1]

Diechomma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Diechomma
Millidge, 1991[1]
Type species
D. pretiosum
Millidge, 1991
Species
  • D. exiguum (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
  • D. pretiosum Millidge, 1991 – Colombia
Synonyms[1]

See also
  • List of Linyphiidae species

References
  1. "Gen. Diechomma Millidge, 1991". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. Miller, J. A. (2007). "Review of erigonine spider genera in the Neotropics (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Erigoninae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 149: 55.
  3. Millidge, A. F. (1991). "Further linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from South America". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 205: 1–199.


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