Biology:Metafroneta

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Metafroneta
Holotype of Metafroneta subversa Blest & Vink, 2002, from Te Papa's insects collection.
Holotype of Metafroneta subversa held at Te Papa, Wellington
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Metafroneta
Blest, 1979[1]
Type species
M. sinuosa
Blest, 1979
Species

3, see text

Metafroneta is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by A. D. Blest in 1979.[2]

Species

(As of May 2021) it contains three species:[1]

  • Metafroneta minima Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
  • Metafroneta sinuosa Blest, 1979 (type) – New Zealand
  • Metafroneta subversa Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Metafroneta Blest, 1979. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1435. Retrieved 2021-05-30. 
  2. Blest, A. D. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae". Otago Museum Bulletin 5: 95–173. 

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