Biology:Bursellia

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Bursellia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Bursellia
Holm, 1962[1]
Type species
B. glabra
Holm, 1962
Species

8, see text

Bursellia is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by Å. Holm in 1962.[2]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains eight species and one subspecies:[1]

  • Bursellia cameroonensis Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon
  • Bursellia comata Holm, 1962 – Congo, Uganda
    • Bursellia c. kivuensis Holm, 1964 – Congo
  • Bursellia gibbicervix (Denis, 1962) – Tanzania
  • Bursellia glabra Holm, 1962 (type) – Congo, Kenya
  • Bursellia holmi Bosmans, 1977 – Kenya
  • Bursellia paghi Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
  • Bursellia setifera (Denis, 1962) – Cameroon, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi
  • Bursellia unicornis Bosmans, 1988 – Cameroon

See also

  • List of Linyphiidae species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Bursellia Holm, 1962. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1202. Retrieved 2019-06-13. 
  2. Holm, Å. (1962). "The spider fauna of the East African mountains. Part I: Fam. Erigonidae.". Zoologiska Bidrag från Uppsala 35: 19–204. 

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