Lessertia (spider)

Lessertia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Lessertia; Smith, 1908
Type species
	L. dentichelis; (Simon, 1884)
Species
	L. barbara (Simon, 1884) – Spain, Morocco, Algeria ; L. dentichelis (Simon, 1884) – Canary Is., Madeira, Europe, Turkey. Introduced to Canada, New Zealand;
Synonyms
	Scotoneta Simon, 1910;

Lessertia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by F. P. Smith in 1908.^[3] As of May 2019^[update] it contains only two species, both found in Algeria, Canada, Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey: L. barbara and L. dentichelis.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Gen. Lessertia Smith, 1908". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
^ Wunderlich, J. (1995). "Zur Taxonomie europäischer Gattungen der Zwergspinnen (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 4 (1994): 645.
^ Smith, F. P. (1908). "Some British spiders taken in 1908". Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club. 10 (2): 311–334.

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