Megafroneta

Genus of spiders

Megafroneta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Megafroneta
Blest, 1979[1]
Type species
M. elongata
Blest, 1979
Species
  • M. dugdaleae Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
  • M. elongata Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
  • M. gigas Blest, 1979 – New Zealand

Megafroneta is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by A. D. Blest in 1979.[2] As of May 2019[update] it contains only three species, found in New Zealand: M. dugdaleae, M. elongata, and M. gigas.[1]

See also

  • List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Megafroneta Blest, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. ^ Blest, A. D. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 95–173.
Taxon identifiers
Megafroneta
  • Wikidata: Q2411683
  • Wikispecies: Megafroneta
  • ADW: Megafroneta
  • BioLib: 608206
  • CoL: 5MPB
  • EoL: 112466
  • GBIF: 2136359
  • iNaturalist: 377025
  • IRMNG: 1054148
  • ITIS: 848752
  • NZOR: 3e6f1a4f-5e10-4456-a6bb-5c1d201f8e94
  • Open Tree of Life: 3567490
  • WSC: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01085


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