Mioxena

Mioxena is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only three species, found in Angola, Middle Africa, and Kenya: M. blanda, M. celisi, and M. longispinosa.[1]

Mioxena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Mioxena
Simon, 1926[1]
Type species
M. blanda
(Simon, 1884)
Species
  • M. blanda (Simon, 1884) – Europe
  • M. celisi Holm, 1968 – Congo, Kenya
  • M. longispinosa Miller, 1970 – Angola

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Mioxena Simon, 1926". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  2. Simon, E. (1926). Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 2e partie.


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