Biology:Agalenatea

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Agalenatea
Araneidae - Agalenatea redii.JPG
Agalenatea redii
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Agalenatea
Archer, 1951[1]
Type species
A. redii
(Scopoli, 1763)
Species
  • A. liriope (L. Koch, 1875) – Ethiopia, Yemen
  • (Scopoli, 1763) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Iran, Central Asia, China A. redii

Agalenatea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1951.[2] (As of April 2019) it contains only two species: A. redii with a palearctic distribution and A. liriope, found in Ethiopia and Yemen.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Agalenatea Archer, 1951". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/271. Retrieved 2019-05-11. 
  2. Archer, A. F. (1951). "Remarks on certain European genera of argiopid spiders.". Chicago Academy of Sciences, Natural History Miscellanea 84: 1–4. 

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