''Blestia'' is a
monotypic genus of
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
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dwarf spiders containing the single species, ''Blestia sarcocuon''. It was first described by
Alfred Frank Millidge in 1993,
and has only been found in
United States.
''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.
See also
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List of Linyphiidae species
References
Linyphiidae
Monotypic Linyphiidae genera
Spiders of the United States
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