Robertus (spider)

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Robertus
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R. banksi
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R. fuscus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Robertus
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 [1]
Type species
R. neglectus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)
Species

47, see text

Synonyms [1]

Robertus is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1879. [4] It is considered a senior synonym of Garritus. [3]

Contents

Species

As of September 2019 it contains forty-seven species, found in Europe, Asia, North America, the Congo, and on Greenland: [1]

In synonymy:

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Robertus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  2. ↑ Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 19.
  3. 1 2 Kaston, B. J. (1946). "North American spiders of the genus Ctenium". American Museum Novitates (1306): 1.
  4. ↑ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879). "The spiders of Dorset. Araneidea". Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. 1: 1–235.


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