Montilaira is a monotypic genus of North American dwarf spiders containing the single species, Montilaira uta. It was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1921,[2] and has only been found in the United States.[1]

Montilaira
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Montilaira
Chamberlin, 1921[1]
Species:
M. uta
Binomial name
Montilaira uta
(Chamberlin, 1919)

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Montilaira Chamberlin, 1921". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  2. ^ Chamberlin, R. V. (1921). "Linyphiidae of St. Paul Island, Alaska". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 29: 35–43.