Lygarina

Lygarina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Lygarina Simon, 1894[1]
Type species
L. nitida Simon, 1894
Species
5, see text
Synonyms[1]
Millidgefa Özdikmen, 2007[2] Notiothauma Millidge, 1991[2]

Lygarina is a genus of South American dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.[3]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains five species, found in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela:[1]

• Lygarina aurantiaca (Simon, 1905) – Argentina
• Lygarina caracasana Simon, 1894 – Venezuela
• Lygarina finitima Millidge, 1991 – Peru
• Lygarina nitida Simon, 1894 (type) – Brazil
• Lygarina silvicola Millidge, 1991 – Brazil

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Lygarina Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
2. Miller, J. A. (2007). "Review of erigonine spider genera in the Neotropics (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Erigoninae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 149: 96. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00233.x.
3. Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.