Appaleptoneta

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

Appaleptoneta
Scientific classification
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

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. "Gen. Appaleptoneta Platnick, 1986". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. 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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