Biology:Lessertia (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Lessertia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Lessertia
Smith, 1908[1]
Type species
L. dentichelis
(Simon, 1884)
Species
  • L. barbara (Simon, 1884) – Spain, Morocco, Algeria
  • (Simon, 1884) – Canary Is., Madeira, Europe, Turkey. Introduced to Canada, New Zealand L. dentichelis
Synonyms[1]
  • Scotoneta Simon, 1910[2]

Lessertia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by F. P. Smith in 1908.[3] (As of May 2019) it contains only two species, both found in Algeria, Canada , Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain , and Turkey: L. barbara and L. dentichelis.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Lessertia Smith, 1908. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1400. Retrieved 2019-06-15. 
  2. Wunderlich, J. (1995). "Zur Taxonomie europäischer Gattungen der Zwergspinnen (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie 4 (1994): 645. 
  3. Smith, F. P. (1908). "Some British spiders taken in 1908". Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club 10 (2): 311–334. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3017191 entry