Microneta

Microneta is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1869.[2]

Microneta
M. viaria, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Microneta
Menge, 1869[1]
Type species
M. viaria
(Blackwall, 1841)
Species

11, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains eleven species:[1]

  • Microneta caestata (Thorell, 1875) – Sweden
  • Microneta disceptra Crosby & Bishop, 1929 – Peru
  • Microneta flaveola Banks, 1892 – USA
  • Microneta formicaria Balogh, 1938 – New Guinea
  • Microneta inops (Thorell, 1875) – Sweden
  • Microneta orines Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 – USA
  • Microneta semiatra (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil
  • Microneta sima Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Mexico
  • Microneta varia Simon, 1898 – St. Vincent
  • Microneta viaria (Blackwall, 1841) (type) – North America, Europe, Turkey, North Africa, Caucasus, Russia (European to Far East), China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan
  • Microneta watona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Mexico
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See also

References
  1. "Gen. Microneta Menge, 1869". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  2. Menge, A. (1869). "Preussische Spinnen. III. Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 2: 219–264.


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