Pseudafroneta
| Pseudafroneta | |
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| Pseudafroneta species found in Dunedin, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Pseudafroneta Blest, 1979[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. incerta (Bryant, 1935)
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| Species | |
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Pseudafroneta is a genus of Polynesian sheet weavers that was first described by A. D. Blest in 1979.[2] All currently recognised species in the genus are endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Species
[edit]As of May 2019[update] it contains seven species:[1]
- Pseudafroneta frigida Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
- Pseudafroneta incerta (Bryant, 1935) (type) – New Zealand
- Pseudafroneta lineata Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
- Pseudafroneta maxima Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
- Pseudafroneta pallida Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
- Pseudafroneta perplexa Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
- Pseudafroneta prominula Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Pseudafroneta Blest, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ^ Blest, A. D. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 95–173.