Frontinellina

Frontinellina is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by P. J. van Helsdingen in 1969.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only three species, found in Kazakhstan, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, and Turkey: F. dearmata, F. frutetorum, and F. locketi.[1]

Frontinellina
F. frutetorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Frontinellina
van Helsdingen, 1969[1]
Type species
F. frutetorum
(C. L. Koch, 1835)
Species
  • F. dearmata (Kulczyński, 1899) – Madeira
  • F. frutetorum (C. L. Koch, 1835) – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Central Asia
  • F. locketi van Helsdingen, 1970 – South Africa

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Frontinellina van Helsdingen, 1969". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. Helsdingen, P. J. van (1969). "A reclassification of the species of Linyphia Latreille based on the functioning of the genitalia (Araneida, Linyphiidae), I.". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 105: 1–303.


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