Bifurcia

Life-forms

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
Subfamilia: Micronetinae
Genus: Bifurcia
Species: B. cucurbita – B. curvata – B. dersuuzalai – B. maritima – B. oligerae – B. pianyanwu – B. pseudosongi – B. ramosa – B. songi – B. tanasevitchi
Name

Bifurcia Saaristo, Tu & Li, 2006

Type species: Arcuphantes ramosus Shu-Qiang Li & Zhu, 1987
References
Primary references

Saaristo, M. I., L. H. Tu & S. Q. Li. 2006. A review of Chinese micronetine species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Part I: species of ex-Arcuphantes and ex-Centromerus. Animal Biology 56: 383–401. [385]

Additional references

Li, S.Q., Sha, Y.H. & Zhu, C.D. 1987. Notes on spiders of genera Floronia and Arcuphantes from China (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Journal of Hebei University 7: 42-48. (in Chinese). Reference page.
Zhai, H. & Zhu, M.S. 2007. Two new species of the genus Bifurcia (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from China. Acta Arachnologica 56: 73-76. Reference page.

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Bifurcia is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo, L. H. Tu & S. Q. Li in 2006.[2]
Species

As of July 2021 it contains nine species, all from China and far eastern Russia:[1]

Bifurcia cucurbita Zhai & Zhu, 2007 – China
Bifurcia curvata (Sha & Zhu, 1987) – China
Bifurcia dersuuzalai Fomichev & Omelko, 2021 – Russia (Far East)
Bifurcia maritima (Tanasevitch, 2010) – Russia (Far East)
Bifurcia oligerae Marusik, Omelko & Koponen, 2016 – Russia (Far East)
Bifurcia pseudosongi Quan & Chen, 2012 – China
Bifurcia ramosa (Li & Zhu, 1987) (type) – China
Bifurcia songi Zhai & Zhu, 2007 – China
Bifurcia tanasevitchi Marusik, Omelko & Koponen, 2016 – Russia (Far East)

See also

List of Linyphiidae species

References

"Gen. Bifurcia Saaristo, Tu & Li, 2006". World Spider Catalog Version 22.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
Saaristo, M. I.; Tu, L. H.; Li, S. Q. (2006). "A review of Chinese micronetine species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Part I: species of ex-Arcuphantes and ex-Centromerus". Animal Biology. 56 (3): 383–401. doi:10.1163/157075606778441886.