Mastigusa

Mastigusa is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1854.^[2] As of May 2019^[update] it contains only three species: M. arietina, M. lucifuga, and M. macrophthalma.^[1]

Mastigusa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Hahniidae
Genus:	Mastigusa Menge, 1854[1]
Species
M. arietina (Thorell, 1871) – Europe M. lucifuga (Simon, 1898) – France M. macrophthalma (Kulczyński, 1897) – Hungary, Balkans, Caucasus?, Russia (Middle and South Siberia)?

References

1. "Gen. Mastigusa Menge, 1854". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
2. Menge, A. (1854), "Ergänzungen und Berichtigungen", in Koch, C. L.; G. C. Berendt (eds.), Die im Bernstein befindlichen Crustaceen, Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt, vol. 1, Berlin, pp. 1–124