Microlinyphia sterilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Linyphiidae
Subfamilia: Linyphiinae
Genus: Microlinyphia
Species: Microlinyphia sterilis

Name

Microlinyphia sterilis (Pavesi, 1883)

Type locality: Ethiopia

Lectotype: MSNG. female ♀. (lectotype Linyphia sterilis designated by van Helsdingen, 1970: 18)

Synonymy

• Linyphia sterilis Pavesi, 1883: 31
• Microlinyphia sterilis (Pavesi): van Helsdingen, 1969: 156
• Linyphia suspiciosa Pavesi, 1883: 28
  • Type locality: Ethiopia.
    • Holotype: MSNG. female ♀.
• Linyphia interpolis Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 161
  • Type locality: South Africa, Clanwilliam District.
    • Lectotype: OUMNH. male ♂. (lectotype designated by van Helsdingen, 1970: 18)
• Linyphia africanibia Strand, 1913: 352
  • Type locality: Ruanda.
    • Holotype: ZMB. female ♀.
• Linyphia bonneti Caporiacco, 1949: 354
  • Type locality:
• Bonnetiella singularis Caporiacco, 1949: 359
  • Type locality: Kenya.
    • Holotype: LZAB. female ♀.

References

Primary references

• Pavesi, P. 1883. Studi sugli aracnidi africani. III. Aracnidi del regno di Scioa e considerazioni sull'aracnofauna d'Abissinia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 20: 001-150. Reference page. 

Additional references

• van Helsdingen, P.J. 1970. A reclassification of the species of Linyphia based on the functioning of the genitalia (Araneida, Linyphiidae), II. Zoologische Verhandelingen 111: 1-86. Full article (PDF). Reference page.