Genus Walckenaeria

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Internet References

Dwarf Spider - Walckenaeria castanea - male

Adult Male - Walckenaeria castanea - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Linyphiidae (Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders)

Subfamily Erigoninae (Dwarf Spiders)

Genus Walckenaeria

Explanation of Names

Author of the name: O. P. Cambridge. Year first published: 1874.

Range

USA, Canada & Alaska

Internet References

~ www.canadianarachnology.org - Images, maps, habitat etc.

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 28 August, 2009 - 8:53am

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