Emertongone is a monotypic genus of dwarf spiders containing the single species, Emertongone montifer. The genus was created by Lin, Lopardo & Uhl in 2022 for the species formerly known as Oedothorax montifer and first described in 1882 as Lophocarenum montiferum.[1][2] It has only been found in USA.[1]
| Emertongone | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Emertongone Lin, Lopardo & Uhl, 2022[1] |
| Species: | E. montifer
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| Binomial name | |
| Emertongone montifer (Emerton, 1882)[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b c d "Gen. Emertongone Lin, Lopardo & Uhl , 2022". World Spider Catalog Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ Lin, Shou-Wang; Lopardo, Lara; Uhl, Gabriele (2022). "Evolution of nuptial-gift-related male prosomal structures: taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the genus Oedothorax (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 195 (2): 417–584.