Phylloneta
Phylloneta impressa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Phylloneta
Archer, 1950[1]
Type species
Theridion pictipes
(Keyserling, 1884)
Species

Phylloneta is a genus of comb-footed spiders formerly considered a sub-genus of Allotheridion,[2] and raised to genus status in 2008.[3] The type species was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1884 as Theridion pictipes.[4] As of September 2019 it contains three species and two subspecies with a holarctic distribution: P. impressa, P. pictipes, P. sisyphia, P. s. foliifera, and P. s. torandae.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Phylloneta Archer, 1950". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  2. ^ Archer, A. F. (1950). "A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species". Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History. 30: 1–40.
  3. ^ Wunderlich, J. (2008). "On extant and fossil (Eocene) European comb-footed spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with notes on their subfamilies, and with descriptions of new taxa". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 5: 393.
  4. ^ Keyserling, E. (1884). Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae. p. 64.

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