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Icona

Icona is a genus of South Pacific comb-footed spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1955. As of May 2020 it contains only two species, both native to the Auckland Islands: I. alba and I. drama.

Last revised
Jun 3, 2026
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Length
127 w
Citations
3
Source
Icona
Icona alba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Icona
Forster, 19551
Type species
I. alba
Forster, 1955
Species

Icona is a genus of South Pacific comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1955.2 As of May 2020 it contains only two species, both native to the Auckland Islands: I. alba and I. drama.1

References

References

  1. "Gen. Icona Forster, 1955". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  2. Forster, R. R. (1955). "Spiders from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand". Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington. 2: 167–203.