Saitonia
| Saitonia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Saitonia Eskov, 1992[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. muscus (Saito, 1989)
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| Species | |
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Saitonia is a genus of Asian sheet weavers that was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1992.[2]
Species
[edit]As of May 2019[update] it contains six species, found in Korea, Japan, and China:[1]
- Saitonia kawaguchikonis Saito & Ono, 2001 – China, Japan
- Saitonia longicephala (Saito, 1988) – Japan
- Saitonia muscus (Saito, 1989) (type) – Japan
- Saitonia ojiroensis (Saito, 1990) – Japan
- Saitonia orientalis (Oi, 1960) – Japan
- Saitonia pilosus Seo, 2011 – Korea
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Saitonia Eskov, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ^ Eskov, K. Y. (1992). "A restudy of the generic composition of the linyphiid spider fauna of the Far East (Araneida: Linyphiidae)". Entomologica Scandinavica. 23 (2): 153–168. doi:10.1163/187631292X00272.