Paraletes

Paraletes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Paraletes Millidge, 1991[1]
Type species
P. timidus Millidge, 1991
Species
2, see text

Paraletes is a genus of South American dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991.[2]

Species

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

• Paraletes pogo Miller, 2007 – Peru
• Paraletes timidus Millidge, 1991 (type) – Brazil

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Paraletes Millidge, 1991". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
2. Millidge, A. F. (1991). "Further linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from South America". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 205: 1–199.