Biology:Appaleptoneta

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Appaleptoneta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Leptonetidae
Genus: Appaleptoneta
Platnick, 1986[1]
Type species
A. silvicultrix
(Crosby & Bishop, 1925)
Species

7, see text

Appaleptoneta is a genus of North American Leptonetids that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1986.[2]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains seven species, all found in the United States :[1]

  • Appaleptoneta barrowsi (Gertsch, 1974) – USA
  • Appaleptoneta coma (Barrows, 1940) – USA
  • Appaleptoneta credula (Gertsch, 1974) – USA
  • Appaleptoneta fiskei (Gertsch, 1974) – USA
  • Appaleptoneta gertschi (Barrows, 1940) – USA
  • Appaleptoneta jonesi (Gertsch, 1974) – USA
  • Appaleptoneta silvicultrix (Crosby & Bishop, 1925) (type) – USA

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bern, Natural History Museum (2019). Gen. Appaleptoneta Platnick, 1986. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1123. Retrieved 2019-06-12. 
  2. Platnick, N. I. (1986). "On the tibial and patellar glands, relationships, and American genera of the spider family Leptonetidae (Arachnida, Araneae).". American Museum Novitates (2855): 1–16. 

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