Drapetisca is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1866.[2] Females are 4 to 5 millimetres (0.16 to 0.20 in) long, and males are 3 to 4 millimetres (0.12 to 0.16 in) long. They are common on tree trunks from July to September, and they feed on insects and smaller spiders.[3]
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| D. socialis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Drapetisca Menge, 1866[1] |
| Type species | |
| D. socialis (Sundevall, 1833)
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Species
editAs of May 2019[update] it contains four species:[1]
- Drapetisca alteranda Chamberlin, 1909 – USA
- Drapetisca bicruris Tu & Li, 2006 – China
- Drapetisca oteroana Gertsch, 1951 – USA
- Drapetisca socialis (Sundevall, 1833) (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Japan
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Drapetisca Menge, 1866". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ Menge, A. (1866). "Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 1: 1–152.
- ^ "Genus Drapetisca". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-13.