| Strandella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Strandella Oi, 1960 [1] |
| Type species | |
| S. quadrimaculata (Uyemura, 1937) | |
| Species | |
5, see text | |
Strandella is a genus of Asian sheet weavers that was first described by R. Oi in 1960. [2]
As of May 2019 [update] it contains five species, found in Korea, China, Japan, and Russia: [1]
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