Biology:Marplesia

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Marplesia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Stiphidiidae
Genus: Marplesia
Lehtinen, 1967[1]
Type species
M. dugdalei
Forster & Wilton, 1973
Species
  • M. dugdalei Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand M. pohara

Marplesia is a genus of South Pacific sheetweb spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2] (As of April 2019) it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Marplesia Lehtinen, 1967". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/146. Retrieved 2019-05-08. 
  2. Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha.". Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199–468. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1977480 entry