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Genus Agyneta

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Linyphiidae (Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders)
Subfamily Linyphiinae (Sheetweb Spiders)
Genus Agyneta
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Many of these species were previously in the genus Meioneta (recently transferred by Dupérré 2013(1)).
Explanation of Names
Hull, 1911
Numbers
69 species in BugGuide's range (North America north of Mexico).(2)-accessed July 16, 2013.
Range
A. allosubtilis
A. amersaxatilis
A. angulata
A. aquila
A. barfoot
A. barrowsi
A. brevipes
A. bronx
A. bucklei
A. catalina
A. chiricahua
A. crawfordi
A. crista
A. danielbelangeri
A. darrelli
A. decora
A. decorata
A. delphina
A. dynica
A. emertoni
A. erinacea
A. evadens
A. fabra
A. fillmorana
A. flax
A. flibuscrocus
A. floridana
A. fratrella
A. girardi
A. grandcanyon
A. hedini
A. issaqueena
A. jacksoni
A. ledfordi
A. leucophora
A. llanoensis
A. longipes
A. lophophor
A. manni
A. maritima
A. micaria: southeastern USA, north to Ontario and west to Texas.(1)
A. miniata
A. minorata
A. mollis
A. nigripes
A. okefenokee
A. olivacea
A. ordinaria
A. panthera
A. paquini
A. parva
A. perspicua
A. picta
A. pistrix
A. platnicki
A. protrudens
A. regina
A. sandia
A. semipallida
A. serrata
A. sheffordiana: northeastern Canada; collection localities include Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec.(1)(3)
A. simplex
A. spicula
A. tuberculata
A. unimaculata
A. uta
A. vinki
A. watertoni
A. yukona
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic revision of the spider genera Agyneta and Tennesseellum (Araneae, Linyphiidae) of North America north of Mexico with a
Nadine Dupérré. 2013. Zootaxa 3674(1):1-198.
2.The World Spider Catalog by Norman I. Platnick
3.Description of five new spiders from Canada (Araneae: Linyphiidae)
Nadine Dupérré & Pierre Paquin. 2007. Zootaxa 1632: 1-20.
Contributed by Mandy Howe on 16 July, 2013 - 2:19pm
Last updated 16 May, 2014 - 4:57pm

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