Psilocymbium is a genus of South American sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991.[3]
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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: | Psilocymbium Millidge, 1991[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. tuberosum Millidge, 1991
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
editAs of May 2019[update] it contains seven species, found in Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Argentina:[1]
- Psilocymbium acanthodes Miller, 2007 – Argentina
- Psilocymbium antonina Rodrigues & Ott, 2010 – Brazil
- Psilocymbium defloccatum (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru
- Psilocymbium incertum Millidge, 1991 – Colombia
- Psilocymbium lineatum (Millidge, 1991) – Brazil, Argentina
- Psilocymbium pilifrons Millidge, 1991 – Colombia
- Psilocymbium tuberosum Millidge, 1991 (type) – Brazil
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Psilocymbium Millidge, 1991". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ^ Miller, J. A. (2007). "Review of erigonine spider genera in the Neotropics (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Erigoninae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 149: 221. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00233.x.
- ^ Millidge, A. F. (1991). "Further linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from South America". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 205: 1–199.