Biology:Argennina

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Argennina
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Argennina
Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936[1]
Species:
A. unica
Binomial name
Argennina unica
Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936

Argennina is a monotypic genus of North American cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae containing the single species, Argennina unica. It was first described by Willis J. Gertsch & S. Mulaik in 1936,[2] and has only been found in Texas .[1] Individuals are around 5 mm (0.20 in) in body length. The carapace is a pale yellow brown, sparsely covered with short black hairs, and the abdomen is gray to pale yellow with fine pale hairs.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Argennina Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/754. Retrieved 2019-06-01. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gertsch, W. J.; Mulaik, S. (1936). "Diagnoses of new southern Spiders.". American Museum Novitates (851): 1–21. 

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