Agalenatea

Agalenatea
Agalenatea redii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus:
Archer, 1951[1]
Type species
A. redii
(Scopoli, 1763)
Species
  • A. liriope (L. Koch, 1875) – Ethiopia, Yemen
  • A. redii (Scopoli, 1763) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Iran, Central Asia, China

Agalenatea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1951.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only two species: A. redii with a palearctic distribution and A. liriope, found in Ethiopia and Yemen.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Agalenatea Archer, 1951". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  2. ^ Archer, A. F. (1951). "Remarks on certain European genera of argiopid spiders". Chicago Academy of Sciences, Natural History Miscellanea. 84: 1–4.
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