Parafroneta

Parafroneta is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by A. D. Blest in 1979.[2]

Parafroneta
P. marrineri, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Parafroneta
Blest, 1979[1]
Type species
P. marrineri
(Hogg, 1909)
Species

14, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains fourteen species, found in New Zealand:[1]

  • Parafroneta ambigua Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
  • Parafroneta confusa Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
  • Parafroneta demota Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
  • Parafroneta haurokoae Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
  • Parafroneta hirsuta Blest & Vink, 2003 – New Zealand
  • Parafroneta insula Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
  • Parafroneta marrineri (Hogg, 1909) (type) – New Zealand (Campbell Is.)
  • Parafroneta minuta Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
  • Parafroneta monticola Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
  • Parafroneta persimilis Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
  • Parafroneta pilosa Blest & Vink, 2003 – New Zealand
  • Parafroneta subalpina Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
  • Parafroneta subantarctica Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
  • Parafroneta westlandica Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Parafroneta Blest, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  2. Blest, A. D. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 95–173.


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