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
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Domain: Eukaryota
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
Synonyms[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Diechomma Millidge, 1991". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 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. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00233.x.
  3. ^ Millidge, A. F. (1991). "Further linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from South America". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 205: 1–199.