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Aprifrontalia

Aprifrontalia is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Oi in 1960. As of May 2019 it contains only two species: A. afflata and A. mascula.

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Aprifrontalia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Aprifrontalia
Oi, 19601
Type species
A. mascula
(Karsch, 1879)
Species
  • A. afflata Ma & Zhu, 1991 – China
  • A. mascula (Karsch, 1879) – Russia, Korea, Taiwan, Japan

Aprifrontalia is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Oi in 1960.2 As of May 2019 it contains only two species: A. afflata and A. mascula.1

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References

  1. "Gen. Aprifrontalia Oi, 1960". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. Oi, R. (1960). "Linyphiid spiders of Japan". Journal of the Institute of Polytechnics Osaka City University. 11: 137–244.