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Frontinella is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1902.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyLinyphiidae
Observations recorded5,189

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
29
With media
3
Family
Linyphiidae
Collections
ECOSUR, NMSU, MNA, DMNS, MCZ, SDNHM
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua

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Instance of
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Parent taxon
Linyphiidae
Image
Male Frontinella pyramitela.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview

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Frontinella is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1902.

==Species== it contains nine species and one subspecies, found in China, El Salvador, Mexico, and the United States: Frontinella bella Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola Frontinella huachuca Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – USA, Mexico Frontinella h. benevola Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – Mexico, Arizona Frontinella hubeiensis Li & Song, 1993 – China Frontinella laeta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) (type) – Mexico Frontinella omega Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador Frontinella potosia Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – Mexico Frontinella pyramitela (Walckenaer, 1841) – North, Central America Frontinella tibialis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Mexico Frontinella zhui Li & Song, 1993 – China

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