Frontinellina

Frontinellina
F. frutetorum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Frontinellina
van Helsdingen, 1969
Type species
F. frutetorum
(C. L. Koch, 1835)
Species
  • F. dearmata (Kulczyński, 1899) – Madeira
  • F. frutetorum (C. L. Koch, 1835) – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Central Asia
  • F. locketi van Helsdingen, 1970 – South Africa

Frontinellina is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by P. J. van Helsdingen in 1969. As of May 2019 it contains only three species, found in Kazakhstan, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, and Turkey: F. dearmata, F. frutetorum, and F. locketi.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Frontinellina van Helsdingen, 1969". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. ^ Helsdingen, P. J. van (1969). "A reclassification of the species of Linyphia Latreille based on the functioning of the genitalia (Araneida, Linyphiidae), I.". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 105: 1–303.


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