Flexicrurum | |
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Flexicrurum minutum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Psilodercidae |
Genus: |
Flexicrurum Tong & Li, 2007 |
Species | |
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Location of Hainan, China |
Flexicrurum is a genus of spiders from China similar to the genera Althepus and Leclercera. Tong and Li originally placed the genus in Ochyroceratidae [1] Still, Tong later moved it to Psilodercidae. [2] Males are generally smaller than 2 mm, but the size of females is unknown. The name is derived from the Latin flex "curved", and crur "leg", referring to the inner turned palpal tibia of the male. [1] As of 2019 [update] three described species have been found in caves of Hainan Island. [3]