Holmelgonia

Holmelgonia is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Jocqué & N. Scharff in 2007.[2]

Holmelgonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Holmelgonia
Jocqué & Scharff, 2007[1]
Type species
H. nemoralis
(Holm, 1962)
Species

17, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains seventeen species, found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Middle Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda:[1]

  • Holmelgonia afromontana Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
  • Holmelgonia annemetteae (Scharff, 1990) – Tanzania
  • Holmelgonia annulata (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
  • Holmelgonia basalis (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
  • Holmelgonia bosnasutus Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
  • Holmelgonia brachystegiae (Jocqué, 1981) – Malawi
  • Holmelgonia disconveniens Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
  • Holmelgonia falciformis (Scharff, 1990) – Tanzania
  • Holmelgonia hirsuta (Miller, 1970) – Angola
  • Holmelgonia holmi (Miller, 1970) – Cameroon, Congo
  • Holmelgonia limpida (Miller, 1970) – Angola
  • Holmelgonia nemoralis (Holm, 1962) (type) – Congo, Uganda, Kenya
  • Holmelgonia perturbatrix (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
  • Holmelgonia producta (Bosmans, 1988) – Cameroon
  • Holmelgonia projecta (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
  • Holmelgonia rungwensis (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
  • Holmelgonia stoltzei (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Holmelgonia Jocqué & Scharff, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. Jocqué, R.; Scharff, N. (2007). Holmelgonia.


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