Dunedinia

Dunedinia is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1988.[2]

Dunedinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Dunedinia
Millidge, 1988[1]
Type species
D. denticulata
Millidge, 1988
Species

5, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains five species:[1]

  • Dunedinia decolor Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
  • Dunedinia denticulata Millidge, 1988 (type) – New Zealand
  • Dunedinia occidentalis Millidge, 1993 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Dunedinia opaca Millidge, 1993 – Australia (South Australia)
  • Dunedinia pullata Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Dunedinia Millidge, 1988". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. Millidge, A. F. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 35–67.


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