Metafroneta

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Metafroneta
AS-000724 Metafroneta subversa Blest Vink Te Papa 795089 181247.jpg
Holotype of Metafroneta subversa held at Te Papa, Wellington
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Metafroneta
Blest, 1979 [1]
Type species
M. sinuosa
Blest, 1979
Species

3, see text

Metafroneta is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by A. D. Blest in 1979. [2]

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Species

As of May 2021 it contains three species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Metafroneta Blest, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 22.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  2. Blest, A. D. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 95–173.