Viridictyna

Viridictyna
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Dictynidae
Genus:	Viridictyna Forster, 1970[1]
Type species
V. kikkawai Forster, 1970
Species
5, see text

Viridictyna is a genus of South Pacific cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970.[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:[1]

• Viridictyna australis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Viridictyna kikkawai Forster, 1970 (type) – New Zealand
• Viridictyna nelsonensis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Viridictyna parva Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Viridictyna picata Forster, 1970 – New Zealand

References

1. "Gen. Viridictyna Forster, 1970". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
2. Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 1–184.