Doryonychus

Doryonychus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Doryonychus
Simon, 1900[1]
Species:
D. raptor
Binomial name
Doryonychus raptor
Simon, 1900

Doryonychus is a monotypic genus of Hawaiian long-jawed orb-weavers containing the single species, Doryonychus raptor. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900,[2] and is known only from the Hawaiian island of Kauai.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Doryonychus Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1900), "Arachnida", in Sharp, D. (ed.), Fauna Hawaiiensis, or the zoology of the Sandwich Isles: being results of the explorations instituted by the Royal Society of London promoting natural knowledge and the British Association for the Advancement of Science