Dipoenata

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Dipoenata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Dipoenata
Wunderlich, 1988[1]
Species

5, see text

Dipoenata is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1988.[2]

Species

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As of May 2020 it contains five species, found in Europe, Brazil, Venezuela, Panama, and on Hispaniola:[1]

  • Dipoenata balboae (Chickering, 1943) – Panama, Venezuela
  • Dipoenata cana Kritscher, 1996 – Malta
  • Dipoenata conica (Chickering, 1943) – Panama, Brazil
  • Dipoenata longitarsis (Denis, 1962) – Madeira
  • Dipoenata morosa (Bryant, 1948) – Hispaniola to Brazil

Formerly included:

  • D. canariensis (Wunderlich, 1987) (Transferred to Lasaeola)
  • D. flavitarsis Wunderlich, 1992 (Transferred to Lasaeola)
  • D. sicki (Levi, 1963) (Transferred to Dipoena)

In synonymy:

  • D. cylindrica = Dipoenata conica (Chickering, 1943)

See also

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  • List of Theridiidae species

References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Dipoenata Wunderlich, 1988". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  2. ^ Wunderlich, J. (1988). Die fossilen Spinnen im Dominikanischen Bernstein. Published by the author, Straubenhardt, Germany, pp. p. 378.


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