Asthenargellus

Asthenargellus is a genus of East African dwarf spiders that was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1949.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only two species, both found in Kenya: A. kastoni and A. meneghettii.[1]

Asthenargellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Asthenargellus
Caporiacco, 1949[1]
Type species
A. kastoni
Caporiacco, 1949
Species
  • A. kastoni Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
  • A. meneghettii Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Asthenargellus Caporiacco, 1949". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. Caporiacco, L. di (1949). "Aracnidi della colonia del Kenya raccolti da Toschi e Meneghetti negli anni 1944-1946". Commentationes Pontificia Academia Scientiarum. 13: 309–492.


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