Genus of spiders
Falconina
F. gracilis , adult female
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Chelicerata
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Araneae
Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
Family:
Corinnidae
Genus:
Falconina Brignoli, 1985[ 1]
Type species
F. melloi (Schenkel, 1953)
Species
10, see text
Falconina is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Paolo Brignoli in 1985.[ 2]
Species [ edit ]
As of August 2024[update] it contains eleven species:[ 1]
Falconina adriki García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Brazil
Falconina albomaculosa (Schmidt, 1971) – Ecuador
Falconina andresi García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Colombia
Falconina brignolii García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Venezuela
Falconina catirina García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Brazil
Falconina crassipalpis (Chickering, 1937) – Panama
Falconina gracilis (Keyserling, 1891) – South America, Introduced to USA, Cuba
Falconina iza García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Brazil
Falconina melloi (Schenkel, 1953) (type) – Colombia, Venezuela
Falconina taita García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Bolivia
Falconina cafetera Ibarra-Núñez & Marín, 2024
References [ edit ]
^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2023). "Gen. Falconina Brignoli, 1985" . World Spider Catalog Version 24.5 . Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 .
^ Brignoli, P. M. (1985). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society .
External links [ edit ]
Taxon identifiers
Falconina