Biology:Dunedinia

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Dunedinia
LINYPHIIDAE sp. NZ1.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Dunedinia
Millidge, 1988[1]
Type species
D. denticulata
Millidge, 1988
Species

5, see text

Dunedinia is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1988.[2]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains five species:[1]

  • Dunedinia decolor Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
  • Dunedinia denticulata Millidge, 1988 (type) – New Zealand
  • Dunedinia occidentalis Millidge, 1993 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Dunedinia opaca Millidge, 1993 – Australia (South Australia)
  • Dunedinia pullata Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Dunedinia Millidge, 1988. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1275. Retrieved 2019-06-14. 
  2. Millidge, A. F. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae.". Otago Museum Bulletin 6: 35–67. 

Wikidata ☰ Q126186 entry