Erigone wiltoni

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Erigone wiltoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Erigone
Species:
E. wiltoni
Binomial name
Erigone wiltoni
Locket, 1973

Erigone wiltoni is a species of sheet weaver spider. [1]

Contents

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1973 by George Hazelwood Locket. [2]

Distribution

This species is known from New Zealand and the Comoros. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  2. Locket, G.H. (1973). "Two spiders of the genus Erigone Audouin from New Zealand". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 2: 158–165.