Biology:Maorineta

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Maorineta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Maorineta
Millidge, 1988[1]
Type species
M. tibialis
Millidge, 1988
Species

8, see text

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

Species

(As of May 2021) it contains nine species, found in Indonesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, and New Zealand:[1]

  • Maorineta acerba Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
  • Maorineta ambigua Millidge, 1991 – Marshall Is., Caroline Is., Cook Is.
  • Maorineta gentilis Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
  • Maorineta minor Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
  • Maorineta mollis Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
  • Maorineta sulcata Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
  • Maorineta tibialis Millidge, 1988 (type) – New Zealand
  • Maorineta tumida Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Maorineta Millidge, 1988. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1420. Retrieved 2019-06-15. 
  2. Millidge, A. F. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae". Otago Museum Bulletin 6: 35–67. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2100879 entry