Biology:Antistea

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Antistea
Antistea elegans.jpg
Antistea elegans
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Hahniidae
Genus: Antistea
Simon, 1898[1]
Type species
A. elegans
(Blackwall, 1841)
Species
  • A. brunnea (Emerton, 1909) – USA, Canada
  • (Blackwall, 1841) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Japan A. elegans

Antistea is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1898.[2] (As of May 2019) it contains only two species: A. brunnea and A. elegans. Combined, they have a Holarctic distribution, one Palearctic and the other Nearctic.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Antistea Simon, 1898. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1021. Retrieved 2019-06-07. 
  2. Simon, E (1898). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2853394 entry