Forsterina
| Forsterina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Desidae |
| Genus: | Forsterina Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
| Type species | |
| F. cryphoeciformis (Simon, 1908) | |
| Species | |
|
9, see text | |
Forsterina is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2]
Species
[edit]As of May 2019[update] it contains nine species:[1]
- Forsterina alticola (Berland, 1924) – New Caledonia
- Forsterina annulipes (L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Is.)
- Forsterina armigera (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Forsterina cryphoeciformis (Simon, 1908) (type) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Forsterina koghiana Gray, 1992 – New Caledonia
- Forsterina segestrina (L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Forsterina velifera (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Forsterina virgosa (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Forsterina vultuosa (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Gen. Forsterina Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ↑ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.