Argenna

Argenna Temporal range: Neogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Argenna subnigra in Denmark
A. obesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Argyronetidae
Genus:	Argenna Thorell, 1870 [1]
Type species
A. subnigra (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861)
Species
7, see text

Argenna is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Argyronetidae. It was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1870. ^[2]

Species

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes six species: ^[1]

• Argenna obesa Emerton, 1911 – Canada, United States
• Argenna patula (Simon, 1874) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Iran?
• Argenna polita (Banks, 1898) – Mexico
• Argenna sibirica Esyunin & Stepina, 2014 – Russia (West Siberia)
• Argenna subnigra (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861) – Europe, Caucasus (Russia, Azerbaijan), Iran, China (type species)
• Argenna yakima Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 – Canada, United States

References

1. "Gen. Argenna Thorell, 1870". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-28.
2. Thorell, T. (1870). "On European spiders". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 7 (3): 109–242.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Argenna at iNaturalist