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Microcyba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Microcyba Holm, 1962
Type species
M. falcata Holm, 1962
Species
18, see text

Microcyba is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by Å. Holm in 1962.

Species

As of May 2019 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

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. ^ "Gen. Microcyba Holm, 1962". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
2. Holm, Å. (1962). "The spider fauna of the East African mountains. Part I: Fam. Erigonidae". Zoologiska Bidrag från Uppsala. 35: 19–204.

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