Chresiona

Chresiona is a genus of African tangled nest spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1903.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only three species, all found in South Africa.[1]

Chresiona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Amaurobiidae
Genus: Chresiona
Simon, 1903[1]
Type species
C. nigrosignata
Simon, 1903
Species
  • C. convexa Simon, 1903 – South Africa
  • C. invalida (Simon, 1898) – South Africa
  • C. nigrosignata Simon, 1903 – South Africa

References
  1. "Gen. Chresiona Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. Simon, E. (1903). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 47: 21–39. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.25299.

"Chresiona" at the Encyclopedia of Life


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