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Protoerigone

Protoerigone is a genus of Polynesian sheet weavers that was first described by A. D. Blest in 1979.

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Length
107 w
Citations
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Source
Protoerigone
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Protoerigone
Blest, 19791
Type species
P. otagoa
Blest, 1979
Species

2, see text

Protoerigone is a genus of Polynesian sheet weavers that was first described by A. D. Blest in 1979.2

Species

As of May 2019 it contains only two species:1

References

References

  1. "Gen. Protoerigone Blest, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  2. Blest, A. D. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 95–173.