Wiehlenarius

Wiehlenarius is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1990.[2] As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only in Europe, Switzerland, and Russia: W. boreus and W. tirolensis.[1]

Wiehlenarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Wiehlenarius
Eskov, 1990[1]
Type species
W. boreus
Eskov, 1990
Species
  • W. boreus Eskov, 1990 – Russia
  • W. tirolensis (Schenkel, 1939) – Switzerland, Austria, Greece

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Wiehlenarius Eskov, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  2. Eskov, K. Y. (1990). "New monotypic genera of the spider family Linyphiidae (Aranei) from Siberia: Communication 2". Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal. 69 (1): 43–53.


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