Legendrena

Legendrena
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gallieniellidae
Genus:	Legendrena Platnick, 1984[1]
Type species
L. angavokely Platnick, 1984
Species
7, see text

Legendrena is a genus of East African araneomorph spiders in the family Gallieniellidae, and was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1984.[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains seven species, all found in Madagascar:[1]

• Legendrena angavokely Platnick, 1984 (type) – Madagascar
• Legendrena perinet Platnick, 1984 – Madagascar
• Legendrena rolandi Platnick, 1984 – Madagascar
• Legendrena rothi Platnick, 1995 – Madagascar
• Legendrena spiralis Platnick, 1995 – Madagascar
• Legendrena steineri Platnick, 1990 – Madagascar
• Legendrena tamatave Platnick, 1984 – Madagascar

References

1. "Gen. Legendrena Platnick, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
2. Platnick, N. I. (1984). "Studies on Malagasy spiders, 1. The family Gallieniellidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)". American Museum Novitates (2801): 1–17.