Agroeca

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Agroeca
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Agroeca brunnea, male
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cocoon
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Liocranidae
Genus: Agroeca
Westring, 1861 [1]
Type species
A. proxima
Species

34, see text

Synonyms [1]

Agroeca is a genus of liocranid sac spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1861. [3]

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Species

As of October 2022 it contains thirty-five species, found in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Colombia, and Peru: [1]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Agroeca Westring, 1861". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  2. Gertsch, W. J. (1935). "New American spiders with notes on other species". American Museum Novitates (805): 10.
  3. Westring, N. (1861). "Araneae svecicae". Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar. 7: 1–615.

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