Sinisterigone
| Sinisterigone | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Subfamily: | Erigoninae |
| Genus: | Sinisterigone Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. circularis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 | |
| Species | |
|
3, see text | |
Sinisterigone is a genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]All described species are endemic to Yunnan Province of China.[2][1]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name is a combination of Latin sinister "left" and related genus Erigone. This refers to the embolus in the left male palp being curved clock-wise.[1]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes three species:[2]
- Sinisterigone circularis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China (type species)
- Sinisterigone incurvata Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
- Sinisterigone rutunda Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Irfan, M.; Zhang, Z. S.; Peng, X. J. (2022). "Survey of Linyphiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) spiders from Yunnan, China". Megataxa. 8: 1–292. doi:10.11646/megataxa.8.1.1.
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Sinisterigone Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022". World Spider Catalog. 2017. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-31.