Genus Micropholcomma Crosby & Bishop, 1927

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• Micropholcomma Crosby, C.R. & Bishop, S.C. 1927. New species of Erigoneae and Theridiidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 35: 147-153 [152].

  Type species:

   Micropholcomma caeligenus Crosby & Bishop, 1927 by original designation.
• Microlinypheus Butler, L.S.G. 1932. Studies in Australian spiders. No. 2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 44: 103-117 [103].

  Type species:

   Microlinypheus bryophilus Butler, 1932 by monotypy.
• Plectochetos Butler, L.S.G. 1932. Studies in Australian spiders. No. 2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 44: 103-117 [106].

  Type species:

   Plectochetos longissimus Butler, 1932 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hickman, V.V. 1944. On some new Australian Apneumonomorphae with notes on their respiratory system. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1943: 179-195 [186] (Microlinypheus with Micropholcomma)
• Forster, R.R. 1959. Spiders of the family Symphytognathidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 86: 269-329 [297] (Plectochetos with Micropholcomma)

Introduction

This genus is treated as part of a generic level review of Micropholcommatidae by Rix & Harvey (2010). Rix & Harvey recognise many undescribed species from both eastern and western Australia. Until species are fully revised, it should be noted that the distribution indicated here for the genus, and for several described species previously recorded as widespread, is based on old data. Several species of Micropholcomma were included in the molecular analysis by Rix, Harvey & Roberts (2008).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; WA: Warren (WAR)

General References

Rix, M.G, Harvey, M.S. & Roberts, J.D. 2008. Molecular phylogenetics of the spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae) using nuclear rRNA genes (18S and 28S). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46: 1031-1048

Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2010. The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida, Araneae, Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level. ZooKeys 36: 1-321

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