Biology:Molestia

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Molestia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Molestia
Tu, Saaristo & Li, 2006
Type species
Molestia molesta
(Tao, Li & Zhu, 1995)
Species

5, see text

Molestia is a genus of East Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by L. H. Tu, Michael I. Saaristo & S. Q. Li in 2006.[1]

Species

(As of January 2023) it contains five species, found in China and France :[2]

  • Molestia ancoraria Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
  • Molestia caudata Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
  • Molestia hamifera (Simon, 1884) – France, China
  • Molestia molesta (Tao, Li & Zhu, 1995) (type) – China
  • Molestia yaojiapingensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China

See also

References

  1. Tu, L. H.; Saaristo, M. I.; Li, S. Q. (2006). "A review of Chinese micronetine species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Part II: seven species of ex-Lepthyphantes". Animal Biology 56 (3): 403–421. doi:10.1163/157075606778441877. 
  2. Gen. Molestia Tu, Saaristo & Li, 2006. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1458. Retrieved 15 January 2023. 

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