Fonteferrea is a genus of araneoid spiders that contains only one species, Fonteferrea minutissima.[1] It is the sole member of the family Fonteferridae. The only specimen of this family was found in the Algarve in southern Portugal by Jörg Wunderlich in 2023.[2] The generic name references the locality where the holotype was collected, Fonte Ferrea, in the Faro District. They are extremely small spiders, with a body length of 0.75 mm. The species is notable for the hairs present on the tegulum, a characteristic which very few spiders have.

Fonteferrea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Superfamily: Araneoidea
Family: Fonteferridae
Wunderlich, 2023
Genus: Fonteferrea
Wunderlich, 2023
Species:
F. minutissima
Binomial name
Fonteferrea minutissima
Wunderlich, 2023

References

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  1. ^ "Gen. Fonteferrea Wunderlich, 2023". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  2. ^ Wunderlich, Jörg (2023). "Contribution to the spider (Araneida) fauna of the Algarve, Portugal, with notes on the phylogeny of the superfamily Araneoidea and the description of the new araneoid family Fonteferridae". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 16: 4–112.