Gonatium

Gonatium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.[2]

Gonatium
G. rubens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Gonatium
Menge, 1868[1]
Type species
G. rubens
(Blackwall, 1833)
Species

19, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains nineteen species, found in Algeria, Bulgaria, Canada, China, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Macedonia, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Turkey, and the United States:[1]

  • Gonatium arimaense Oi, 1960 – Korea, Japan
  • Gonatium biimpressum Simon, 1884 – France (Corsica), Italy
  • Gonatium cappadocium Millidge, 1981 – Turkey
  • Gonatium crassipalpum Bryant, 1933 – USA, Canada
  • Gonatium dayense Simon, 1884 – Algeria
  • Gonatium ensipotens (Simon, 1881) – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy
  • Gonatium geniculosum Simon, 1918 – France
  • Gonatium hilare (Thorell, 1875) – Central and southern Europe, Azerbaijan?
  • Gonatium japonicum Simon, 1906 – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
  • Gonatium nemorivagum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – Southern Europe
  • Gonatium nipponicum Millidge, 1981 – Russia (Far East), Japan
  • Gonatium occidentale Simon, 1918 – Spain, France, Morocco, Algeria, Israel
  • Gonatium orientale Fage, 1931 – Romania, Bulgaria
  • Gonatium pacificum Eskov, 1989 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
  • Gonatium paradoxum (L. Koch, 1869) – Europe
  • Gonatium petrunkewitschi Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
  • Gonatium rubellum (Blackwall, 1841) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)
  • Gonatium rubens (Blackwall, 1833) (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Japan
  • Gonatium strugaense Drensky, 1929 – Macedonia

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Gonatium Menge, 1868". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. Menge, A. (1868). "Preussische Spinnen. II. Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 2: 153–218.


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