Parafroneta

Parafroneta
P. marrineri, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Parafroneta Blest, 1979 [1]
Type species
P. marrineri (Hogg, 1909)
Species
14, see text

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

Species

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

• Parafroneta ambigua Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta confusa Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta demota Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta haurokoae Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta hirsuta Blest & Vink, 2003 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta insula Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta marrineri (Hogg, 1909) (type) – New Zealand (Campbell Is.)
• Parafroneta minuta Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta monticola Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta persimilis Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta pilosa Blest & Vink, 2003 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta subalpina Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta subantarctica Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta westlandica Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand

References

1. "Gen. Parafroneta Blest, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-17.
2. Blest, A. D. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 95–173.