Neoantistea | |
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Immature N. agilis | |
drawing of N. agilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Hahniidae |
Genus: | Neoantistea Gertsch, 1934 [1] |
Type species | |
N. agilis (Keyserling, 1887) | |
Species | |
25, see text |
Neoantistea is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Willis J. Gertsch in 1934. [2]
A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.
Willis John Gertsch was an American arachnologist. He described over 1,000 species of spiders, scorpions, and other arachnids, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider.
As of May 2019 [update] it contains twenty-five species: [1]
Neoantistea agilis is a species of true spider in the family Hahniidae. It is found in the United States and Canada.
In zoological nomenclature, a type species is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s). A similar concept is used for suprageneric groups called a type genus.
Paolo Marcello Brignoli was a prominent Italian entomologist. He studied a broad range of arachnid groups, including Araneidae, Acari, Ricinulei, Palpigradi, Schizomida, Opiliones, and Amblypygi. His research mainly focused on evolutionary systematics, taxonomy, and biogeography. Over the course of his career, he described 23 new genera and 367 new species belonging to 33 different arachnid families. The International Society of Arachnology's Brignoli Award is named in his honor.
Cybaeidae is a family of spiders first described by Nathan Banks in 1892. The diving bell spider or water spider Argyroneta aquatica is currently included in this family, though it may soon be moved to Dictynidae.
Philoponella is a genus of uloborid spiders. Like all Uloboridae, these species have no venom.
Pimoidae is a small family of araneomorph spiders first described by J. Wunderlich in 1986. It contains 37 species in four genera and is monophyletic. It is closely related to the Linyphiidae, and is sometimes used as a synonym for that family.
Mallos is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the Dictynidae family, and was first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1902. Among the genus, Mallos gregalis is known to be a social spider species, living in groups and signaling each other by vibrating their web.
Psilochorus is a genus of spiders in the family Pholcidae.
Metepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1903. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek μετά and the obsolete genus name Epeira, denoting a genus similar to Epeira.
Erigone is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Jean Victoire Audouin in 1826. They are carnivorous, preying on small insects such as psylla and flies. One of the distinctive characters for this genus is the presence of teeth bordering the carapace.
Cicurina, also called the cave meshweaver, is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1871. Originally placed with the funnel weavers, it was moved to the Dictynidae in 1967, then to the Hahniidae in 2017. The name is from the Latin root "cucur-", meaning "to tame".
Dictyna is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the Dictynidae family, and was first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833.
Hahnia is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by C. L. Koch in 1841.
Hololena is a genus of North American funnel weavers first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Willis J. Gertsch in 1929.
Emblyna is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the Dictynidae family, and was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1948.
Tivyna is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the Dictynidae family, and was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1948.
Trachelas is a genus of araneomorph spiders originally placed with the Trachelidae, and later moved to the Corinnidae.
Metagonia is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.
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