Argenna

Argenna Temporal range: Neogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Argenna obesa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Dictynidae
Genus:	Argenna Thorell, 1870[1]
Type species
A. subnigra (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861)
Species
7, see text

Argenna is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1870.[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains seven species:[1]

• Argenna alxa Tang, 2011 – China
• Argenna obesa Emerton, 1911 – USA, Canada
• Argenna patula (Simon, 1874) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kyrgyzstan, China, Iran?
• Argenna polita (Banks, 1898) – Mexico
• Argenna sibirica Esyunin & Stepina, 2014 – Russia (West Siberia)
• Argenna subnigra (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861) (type) – Europe, Azerbaijan, China
• Argenna yakima Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 – USA

References

1. "Gen. Argenna Thorell, 1870". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
2. Thorell, T. (1870). "On European spiders". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 7 (3): 109–242.