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Anthrobia

Anthrobia is a genus of North American dwarf spiders that was first described by T. Tellkampf in 1844.

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Anthrobia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Anthrobia
Tellkampf, 18441
Type species
A. monmouthia
Tellkampf, 1844
Species

4, see text

Anthrobia is a genus of North American dwarf spiders that was first described by T. Tellkampf in 1844.2

Species

As of May 2019 it contains four species, all found in the United States:1

  • Anthrobia acuminata (Emerton, 1913) – USA
  • Anthrobia coylei Miller, 2005 – USA
  • Anthrobia monmouthia Tellkampf, 1844 (type) – USA
  • Anthrobia whiteleyae Miller, 2005 – USA
References

References

  1. "Gen. Anthrobia Tellkampf, 1844". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. Tellkampf, T. (1844). "Beschreibung einiger neuer in der Mammuth-Höhle in Kentucky aufgefundener Gattungen von Gliedertieren". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 10 (1): 318–322. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.29561.