Blestia is a monotypic genus of North American dwarf spiders containing the single species, Blestia sarcocuon. It was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1993,[2] and has only been found in United States.[1]
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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: | Blestia Millidge, 1993[1] |
| Species: | B. sarcocuon
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| Blestia sarcocuon (Crosby & Bishop, 1927)
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B. sarcocuon is unique in that the males possess a horizontal groove on the clypeus situated beneath the eyes. This groove is actually a pair of sulci, separated in the middle by a ridge of integument. The floor of each sulcus features irregularly-shaped clusters of small pores; the function of these pores, which may or may not be sexual in nature, is currently unknown.[2]
See also
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edit- ^ a b "Gen. Blestia Millidge, 1993". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ a b Millidge, A. F. (1993). "Blestia, a new genus of erigonine spider with clypeal sulci (Araneae: Linyphiidae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 9: 126–128.