Smerasia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Linyphiidae
Genus: Smerasia
Species: S. obscurus

Name

• Smerasia Zhao & Li, 2014: 45

Type species: Smerasia obscurus Zhao & Li, 2014

Etymology: The generic name is a combination of ‘smer’ and ‘Asia’, ‘smer’ is the first a few letters of the genus name Smermisia, which is similar to this new genus by the conformation of the male palp. Gender is masculine.

References

• Zhao, Q.; Li, S. 2014: A survey of linyphiid spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Linyphiidae). ZooKeys 460: 1-181. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.460.7799 Reference page.  [original description: p. 45]