Biology:Helophora

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Helophora
Helophora cf. insignis male (4983553667).jpg
Helophora cf. insignis, male
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Helophora
Menge, 1866[1]
Type species
H. insignis
(Blackwall, 1841)
Species

5, see text

Helophora is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1866.[2]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains five species, found in China , Russia , and the United States :[1]

  • Helophora insignis (Blackwall, 1841) (type) – North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kyrgyzstan, China
  • Helophora kueideensis Hu, 2001 – China
  • Helophora orinoma (Chamberlin, 1919) – USA
  • Helophora reducta (Keyserling, 1886) – USA
  • Helophora tunagyna Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Helophora Menge, 1866. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1340. Retrieved 2019-06-15. 
  2. Menge, A. (1866). "Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig 1: 1–152. 

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