Lessertia (spider)

Lessertia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by F. P. Smith in 1908.[3] As of May 2019 it contains only two species, both found in Algeria, Canada, Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey: L. barbara and L. dentichelis.[1]

Lessertia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Lessertia
Smith, 1908[1]
Type species
L. dentichelis
(Simon, 1884)
Species
  • L. barbara (Simon, 1884) – Spain, Morocco, Algeria
  • L. dentichelis (Simon, 1884) – Canary Is., Madeira, Europe, Turkey. Introduced to Canada, New Zealand
Synonyms[1]

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Lessertia Smith, 1908". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. Wunderlich, J. (1995). "Zur Taxonomie europäischer Gattungen der Zwergspinnen (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 4 (1994): 645.
  3. Smith, F. P. (1908). "Some British spiders taken in 1908". Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club. 10 (2): 311–334.


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