Biology:Falconina

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Falconina
Falconina gracilis f1.jpg
F. gracilis, adult female
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Falconina
Brignoli, 1985[1]
Type species
F. melloi
(Schenkel, 1953)
Species

10, see text

Falconina is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Paolo Brignoli in 1985.[2]

Species

(As of October 2023) it contains ten species:[1]

  • Falconina adriki García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Brazil
  • Falconina albomaculosa (Schmidt, 1971) – Ecuador
  • Falconina andresi García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Colombia
  • Falconina brignolii García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Venezuela
  • Falconina catirina García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Brazil
  • Falconina crassipalpis (Chickering, 1937) – Panama
  • Falconina gracilis (Keyserling, 1891) – South America, Introduced to USA, Cuba
  • Falconina iza García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Brazil
  • Falconina melloi (Schenkel, 1953) (type) – Colombia, Venezuela
  • Falconina taita García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Bolivia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2023). Gen. Falconina Brignoli, 1985. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/540. 
  2. Brignoli, P. M. (1985). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2236690 entry