''Microcyba'' is a
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dwarf spiders that was first described by Å. Holm in 1962.
Species
it contains eighteen species:
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Microcyba aculeata''
Holm, 1964 – Congo
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Microcyba affinis''
Holm, 1962 – Uganda
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Microcyba angulata''
Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda
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Microcyba brevidentata''
Holm, 1962 – Tanzania
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Microcyba calida''
Jocqué, 1983 – Gabon
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Microcyba cameroonensis''
Bosmans, 1988 – Cameroon
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Microcyba divisa''
Jocqué, 1983 – Gabon
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Microcyba erecta''
Holm, 1962 – Uganda
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Microcyba falcata''
Holm, 1962 (
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) – Uganda
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Microcyba hamata''
Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda
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Microcyba hedbergi
''Microcyba'' is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by Å. Holm in 1962.
Species
it contains eighteen species:
*'' Microcyba aculeata'' Holm, 1964 – Congo
*'' Microcyba affinis'' Holm, 1962 – Uganda
*'' Microcyba ang ...
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Holm, 1962 – Uganda
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Microcyba leleupi''
Holm, 1968 – Congo
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Microcyba projecta''
Holm, 1962 – Uganda
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Microcyba simulata''
Holm, 1962 – Kenya
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Microcyba tridentata''
Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda
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Microcyba vancotthemi''
Bosmans, 1977 – Kenya
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Microcyba viduata''
Holm, 1962 – Kenya
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Microcyba vilhenai''
Miller, 1970 – Congo
See also
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List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)
This page lists all described species of the spider family Linyphiidae as of July 12, 2020, from I to P, of World Spider Catalog version 21.0
''Ibadana''
'' Ibadana'' Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980
* '' Ibadana cuspidata'' Locket & Russell-Smith, ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Linyphiidae
Spiders of Africa
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