Saitonia

Saitonia is a genus of Asian sheet weavers that was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1992.[2]

Saitonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Saitonia
Eskov, 1992[1]
Type species
S. muscus
(Saito, 1989)
Species

6, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains six species, found in Korea, Japan, and China:[1]

  • Saitonia kawaguchikonis Saito & Ono, 2001 – China, Japan
  • Saitonia longicephala (Saito, 1988) – Japan
  • Saitonia muscus (Saito, 1989) (type) – Japan
  • Saitonia ojiroensis (Saito, 1990) – Japan
  • Saitonia orientalis (Oi, 1960) – Japan
  • Saitonia pilosus Seo, 2011 – Korea

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Saitonia Eskov, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  2. Eskov, K. Y. (1992). "A restudy of the generic composition of the linyphiid spider fauna of the Far East (Araneida: Linyphiidae)". Entomologica Scandinavica. 23: 153–168.


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