Biology:Megadictyna

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Megadictyna
Megadictyna thilenii male.jpg
M. thilenii, male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Megadictynidae
Genus: Megadictyna
Dahl, 1906
Species:
M. thilenii
Binomial name
Megadictyna thilenii
Dahl, 1906[1]

Megadictyna is a genus of spiders in the family Megadictynidae. It was first described in 1906 by Friedrich Dahl.[2] (As of February 2019), it contains only one species, Megadictyna thilenii, found in New Zealand.[1] Similar to many RTA clade spiders, Megadictyna build wheel-shaped orb webs.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Megadictyna Dahl, 1906". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2062. 
  2. Dahl, F. (1906). "Die gestreckte Körperform bei Spinnen und das System der Araneen". Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 60–64. 
  3. Hormiga, Gustavo (2014). "Systematics, Phylogeny, and Evolution of Orb-Weaving Spiders". Annual Review of Entomology 59: 487–512. doi:10.1146/annurev-ento-011613-162046. PMID 24160416. 

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