Emertonella is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1945.[2]

Emertonella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Emertonella
Bryant, 1945[1]
Type species
E. emertoni
(Bryant, 1933)
Species

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Species

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As of May 2020 it contains five species, found in Asia, Mexico, the United States, Papua New Guinea, and Argentina:[1]

In synonymy:

  • E. dentata = Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886)
  • E. floricola = Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886)
  • E. georgiana = Emertonella emertoni (Bryant, 1933)
  • E. nigripes = Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886)
  • E. rosascostai = Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Emertonella Bryant, 1945". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  2. ^ Bryant, E. B. (1945). "Some new or little known southern spiders". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 52 (3–4): 178–192. doi:10.1155/1945/90153.