Microctenonyx subitaneus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2020, Linyphiid spiders collected by V. Mahnert in Kenya, with the description of a new genus and two new species (Arachnida: Araneae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (2), pp. 349-360 : 356-357

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.35929/RSZ.0024
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6986499
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0D2F6C01-FFA8-FFD8-FD92-FD4BFD8DFDA4
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Microctenonyx subitaneus
status

Treatment

Microctenonyx subitaneus View in CoL

(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)

Material examined: MHNG; 2 females [sample KENYA-74/01]; KENYA, Nairobi, sifting dead leaves in garden; 2.XI.1974; leg. V. Mahnert. – MHNG; 1 male, 2 females [sample KENYA-74/08]; Lake Nakuru National Park , sifting dead leaves ( Acacia ); 6.XI.1974; leg. V. Mahnert .

Distribution: This species is here recorded for the fauna of Kenya for the first time. Previous records of natural occurrence are from Europe, Macaronesia, North Africa to Kyrgyzstan. It has been introduced to the USA, Argentina, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand ( World Spider Catalog, 2020).