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Canalidion

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Canalidion
C. montanum, adult male
C. montanum, adult female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Canalidion
Wunderlich, 2008[1]
Species:
C. montanum
Binomial name
Canalidion montanum
(Emerton, 1882)

Canalidion is a monotypic genus of tangle-web spiders containing the single species, Canalidion montanum. The species was first described by James Emerton in 1882 under the name Theridion montanum.[2] J. Wunderlich moved it to its own genus in 2018, because it had more teeth on the anterior margin of the cheliceral furrow, a basal depression of the cymbium, and an embolus positioned dorsally.[3] It has a holarctic distribution.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Canalidion Wunderlich, 2008". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  2. ^ Emerton, J. H. (1882). "New England spiders of the family Theridiidae". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 6: 10.
  3. ^ Wunderlich, J. (2008). "On extant and fossil (Eocene) European comb-footed spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with notes on their subfamilies, and with descriptions of new taxa". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 5: 819–859.