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Napometa

Napometa is a genus of Atlantic dwarf spiders that was first described by P. L. G. Benoit in 1977.

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Length
106 w
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Napometa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Napometa
Benoit, 19771
Type species
N. sanctaehelenae
Benoit, 1977
Species

2, see text

Napometa is a genus of Atlantic dwarf spiders that was first described by P. L. G. Benoit in 1977.2

Species

As of May 2019 it contains two species:1

  • Napometa sanctaehelenae Benoit, 1977 (type) – St. Helena
  • Napometa trifididens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – St. Helena
References

References

  1. "Gen. Napometa Benoit, 1977". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  2. Benoit, P. L. G. (1977), "Fam. Araneidae", La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV