Lessertina

Lessertina is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Cheiracanthiidae, first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1942.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only two species, both found in South Africa.[1]

Lessertina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cheiracanthiidae
Genus: Lessertina
Lawrence, 1942[1]
Type species
L. mutica
Lawrence, 1942
Species
  • L. capensis Haddad, 2014 – South Africa
  • L. mutica Lawrence, 1942 – South Africa

References
  1. "Gen. Lessertina Lawrence, 1942". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  2. Lawrence, R. F. (1942). "A contribution to the araneid fauna of Natal and Zululand". Annals of the Natal Museum. 10: 141–190.


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