Hahnia | |
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H. helveola | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Hahniidae |
Genus: | Hahnia C. L. Koch, 1841 [1] |
Type species | |
H. pusilla C. L. Koch, 1841 | |
Species | |
102, see text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Hahnia is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by C. L. Koch in 1841. [6]
As of May 2019 [update] it contains 102 species: [1]
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