Tennesseellum gollum
| Tennesseellum gollum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Tennesseellum |
| Species: | T. gollum
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| Binomial name | |
| Tennesseellum gollum Dupérré, 2013[1]
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Tennesseellum gollum is a species of spider in the family Linyphiidae.[1] The species is named after the fictional character Gollum from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, in reference to "the 'evil look' of the male of this species due to the large cheliceral tubercles."[2] Native to the Southwestern United States, it was described based on an individual collected in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Taxon details Tennesseellum gollum Dupérré, 2013". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
- ^ a b Dupérré, Nadine (2013). "Taxonomic revision of the spider genera Agyneta and Tennesseellum (Araneae, Linyphiidae) of North America north of Mexico with a study of the embolic division within Micronetinae sensu Saaristo & Tanasevitch 1996". Zootaxa. 3674: 177. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3674.1.1. PMID 26146700.