Forsterina

Forsterina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Desidae
Genus:	Forsterina ; Lehtinen, 1967
Type species
	F. cryphoeciformis ; (Simon, 1908)
Species
	9, see text

Last updated February 16, 2025

Forsterina is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.^[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains nine species:^[1]

Forsterina alticola (Berland, 1924) – New Caledonia
Forsterina annulipes (L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Is.)
Forsterina armigera (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
Forsterina cryphoeciformis (Simon, 1908) (type) – Australia (Western Australia)
Forsterina koghiana Gray, 1992 – New Caledonia
Forsterina segestrina (L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (New South Wales)
Forsterina velifera (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
Forsterina virgosa (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
Forsterina vultuosa (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)

References

1 2 "Gen. Forsterina Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-05-31.
↑ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 "Gen. Forsterina Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-05-31.

[Leht1967-2] Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.

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