Pseudoceto

Pseudoceto is a monotypic genus of South American long-legged sac spiders containing the single species, Pseudoceto pickeli. It was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1929,[2] and has only been found in Brazil.[1] Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Miturgidae in 2014.[3]

Pseudoceto
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Miturgidae
Genus: Pseudoceto
Mello-Leitão, 1929[1]
Species:
P. pickeli
Binomial name
Pseudoceto pickeli

References
  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Pseudoceto Mello-Leitão, 1929". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  2. Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1929). "Aranhas do Pernambuco, colhidas por D. Bento Pickel". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 1: 91–112.
  3. Ramírez, M. J. (2014). "The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 390: 341. doi:10.1206/821.1. hdl:11336/18066.


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