Histopona is a genus of funnel weavers first described as a sub-genus of Hadites by Tamerlan Thorell in 1870.[3] It was elevated to genus by Brignoli in 1972.[4]

Histopona
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Histopona torpida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Histopona
Thorell, 1870[1]
Type species
H. torpida
(C. L. Koch, 1837)
Species

22, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species edit

As of April 2019 it contains twenty-two species:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Histopona Thorell, 1870". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  2. ^ Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (1983). "The genus Histopona Thorell (Araneae, Agelenidae) with description of two new cave-dwelling species". Mémoires de Biospéologie. 10: 326.
  3. ^ Thorell, T. (1869). "On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 7 (3): 1–108.
  4. ^ Brignoli, P. M. (1972). "Su alcuni ragni cavernicoli di Corfù (Arachnida, Araneae)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 79: 861–869. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.97139.

External links edit

"Histopona" at the Encyclopedia of Life