Diplocentria

Hull, 1911

dwarf spiders

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Diplocentria is a of dwarf spiders in the Linyphiidae, first described by J. E. Hull in 1911. The genus contains eight recognized distributed across North America, Europe, and Asia. These small spiders are part of the sheet-web weaving guild within their family.

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How to pronounce Diplocentria: /ˌdɪpləˈsɛntriə/

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Distribution

North America (USA, Canada), Europe (including Sweden), Russia (European Russia to Far East), China, Mongolia. Specific distribution varies by : D. bidentata and D. rectangulata are trans-Holarctic, while other species have more restricted ranges.

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Species Diversity

As of May 2019, the contains eight : D. bidentata (type species), D. changajensis, D. forsslundi, D. hiberna, D. mediocris, D. perplexa, D. rectangulata, and D. retinax.

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