Pseudafroneta

Pseudafroneta
Pseudafroneta species found in Dunedin, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Pseudafroneta Blest, 1979 [1]
Type species
P. incerta (Bryant, 1935)
Species
7, see text

Pseudafroneta is a genus of Polynesian sheet weavers that was first described by A. D. Blest in 1979. ^[2] All currently recognised species in the genus are endemic to New Zealand. ^[1]

Species

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

• Pseudafroneta frigida Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Pseudafroneta incerta (Bryant, 1935) (type) – New Zealand
• Pseudafroneta lineata Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Pseudafroneta maxima Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Pseudafroneta pallida Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Pseudafroneta perplexa Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Pseudafroneta prominula Blest, 1979 – New Zealand

References

1. "Gen. Pseudafroneta Blest, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-23.
2. Blest, A. D. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 95–173.