''Microcyba'' is a

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n 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 angulata'' Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda *'' Microcyba brevidentata'' Holm, 1962 – Tanzania *'' Microcyba calida'' Jocqué, 1983 – Gabon *'' Microcyba cameroonensis'' Bosmans, 1988 – Cameroon *'' Microcyba divisa'' Jocqué, 1983 – Gabon *'' Microcyba erecta'' Holm, 1962 – Uganda *'' Microcyba falcata'' Holm, 1962 ( type) – Uganda *'' Microcyba hamata'' Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda *'' Microcyba hedbergi'' Holm, 1962 – Uganda *'' Microcyba leleupi'' Holm, 1968 – Congo *'' Microcyba projecta'' Holm, 1962 – Uganda *'' Microcyba simulata'' Holm, 1962 – Kenya *'' Microcyba tridentata'' Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda *'' Microcyba vancotthemi'' Bosmans, 1977 – Kenya *'' Microcyba viduata'' Holm, 1962 – Kenya *'' Microcyba vilhenai'' Miller, 1970 – Congo

References

Araneomorphae genera Linyphiidae Spiders of Africa {{Linyphiidae-stub

Species

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