Microneta

Microneta
M. viaria, female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Microneta Menge, 1869 [1]
Type species
M. viaria (Blackwall, 1841)
Species
11, see text

Microneta is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1869. ^[2]

Species

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

• Microneta caestata (Thorell, 1875) – Sweden
• Microneta disceptra Crosby & Bishop, 1929 – Peru
• Microneta flaveola Banks, 1892 – USA
• Microneta formicaria Balogh, 1938 – New Guinea
• Microneta inops (Thorell, 1875) – Sweden
• Microneta orines Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 – USA
• Microneta semiatra (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil
• Microneta sima Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Mexico
• Microneta varia Simon, 1898 – St. Vincent
• Microneta viaria (Blackwall, 1841) (type) – North America, Europe, Turkey, North Africa, Caucasus, Russia (European to Far East), China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan
• Microneta watona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Mexico

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Microneta Menge, 1869". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-16.
2. Menge, A. (1869). "Preussische Spinnen. III. Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 2: 219–264.