Micropoltys

Micropoltys is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1911.[2]

Micropoltys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Micropoltys
Kulczyński, 1911[1]
Type species
M. placenta
Kulczyński, 1911
Species

4, see text

Species

As of April 2019 it contains four species:[1]

  • Micropoltys baitetensis Smith & Levi, 2010 – New Guinea
  • Micropoltys debakkeri Smith & Levi, 2010 – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
  • Micropoltys heatherae Smith & Levi, 2010 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Micropoltys placenta Kulczyński, 1911 – New Guinea

References

  1. "Gen. Micropoltys Kulczyński, 1911". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. Kulczyński, W. (1911), "Spinnen aus Nord-Neu-Guinea", Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1903 sous les auspices de Arthur Wichmann, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10923


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