Frontiphantes

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Frontiphantes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Frontiphantes
Wunderlich, 1987 [1]
Species:
F. fulgurenotatus
Binomial name
Frontiphantes fulgurenotatus
(Schenkel, 1938)

Frontiphantes is a monotypic genus of European dwarf spiders containing the single species, Frontiphantes fulgurenotatus. It was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1987, [2] and has only been found in Portugal. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Frontiphantes Wunderlich, 1987". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. Wunderlich, J. (1987). Die Spinnen der Kanarischen Inseln und Madeiras: Adaptive Radiation, Biogeographie, Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen.