Biology:Altella

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Altella
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Altella
Simon, 1884[1]
Type species
A. lucida
(Simon, 1874)
Species

11, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Altellela Miller, 1949[2]

Altella is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Eugène Simon in 1884.[3]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains eleven species:[1]

  • Altella aussereri Thaler, 1990 – Italy
  • Altella biuncata (Miller, 1949) – Central Europe
  • Altella caspia Ponomarev, 2008 – Kazakhstan
  • Altella conglobata Dyal, 1935 – Pakistan
  • Altella hungarica Loksa, 1981 – Hungary, Ukraine, Russia (Europe)
  • Altella lucida (Simon, 1874) (type) – Europe, Turkey
  • Altella media Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
  • Altella opaca Simon, 1911 – Algeria
  • Altella orientalis Balogh, 1935 – Hungary
  • Altella pygmaea Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
  • Altella uncata Simon, 1884 – Algeria

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Altella Simon, 1884. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/748. Retrieved 2019-06-01. 
  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: 211. 
  3. Simon, E. (1884). "Arachnides nouveaux d'Algérie.". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 9: 321–327. 

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