Bifurcia is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo, L. H. Tu & S. Q. Li in 2006.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Bifurcia Saaristo, Tu & Li, 2006[1] |
| Type species | |
| B. ramosa (Li & Zhu, 1987)
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Species
editAs of July 2021[update] it contains nine species, all from China and far eastern Russia:[1]
- Bifurcia cucurbita Zhai & Zhu, 2007 – China
- Bifurcia curvata (Sha & Zhu, 1987) – China
- Bifurcia dersuuzalai Fomichev & Omelko, 2021 – Russia (Far East)
- Bifurcia maritima (Tanasevitch, 2010) – Russia (Far East)
- Bifurcia oligerae Marusik, Omelko & Koponen, 2016 – Russia (Far East)
- Bifurcia pseudosongi Quan & Chen, 2012 – China
- Bifurcia ramosa (Li & Zhu, 1987) (type) – China
- Bifurcia songi Zhai & Zhu, 2007 – China
- Bifurcia tanasevitchi Marusik, Omelko & Koponen, 2016 – Russia (Far East)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Bifurcia Saaristo, Tu & Li, 2006". World Spider Catalog Version 22.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ Saaristo, M. I.; Tu, L. H.; Li, S. Q. (2006). "A review of Chinese micronetine species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Part I: species of ex-Arcuphantes and ex-Centromerus". Animal Biology. 56 (3): 383–401. doi:10.1163/157075606778441886.