Forsterina

Forsterina is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2]

Forsterina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Species

As of May 2019 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
  1. "Gen. Forsterina Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. 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.


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