Macaridion

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Macaridion barreti

| authority = (Kulczyński, 1899)

| parent_authority = Wunderlich, 1992

}}

Macaridion is a monotypic genus of European comb-footed spiders containing the single species, Macaridion barreti. The genus was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1992,{{cite journal| last=Wunderlich| first=J.| year=1992| title=Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Biogeographie und Evolution| journal=Beiträge zur Araneologie| page=414| volume=1}} and it is found in Portugal and Spain.{{cite web| title=Gen. Macaridion Wunderlich, 1992| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2020-06-26| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3503| doi=10.24436/2}} The sole species was first described under the name Theridion barreti,{{cite journal| last=Kulczyński| first=W.| year=1899| title=Arachnoidea opera Rev. E. Schmitz collecta in insulis Maderianis et in insulis Selvages dictis| journal=Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzen Wydzialu Matematyczno Przyrodniczego Akademji Umiejetnosci, Krakow| volume=36| page=369| author-link=Władysław_Kulczyński}} but it was elevated to its own genus in 1992.

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Category:Monotypic Theridiidae genera

Category:Spiders of Africa

Category:Theridiidae

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