Nigma
Nigma | |
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N. walckenaeri | |
N. flavescens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Dictynidae |
Genus: | Nigma Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
Type species | |
(Walckenaer, 1830)
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Species | |
14, see text |
Nigma is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2] They have a wide distribution, including Eurasia, North America, and Northern Africa.[1] N. walckenaeri is one of the biggest members of the Dictynidae, growing up to 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long. They are translucent green and sometimes have red or black markings on the abdomen.[3]
Species[]
As of May 2019 it contains fourteen species:[1]
- (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – North Africa
- (Walckenaer, 1830) (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Iran
- (Berland & Millot, 1940) – Senegal
- (Simon, 1881) – Portugal, Spain, North Africa
- Nigma hortensis (Simon, 1870) – Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria
- (Spassky, 1952) – Azerbaijan, Iran, Tajikistan
- Nigma linsdalei (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) – USA
- (Berland, 1914) – East Africa
- (Hu, 2001) – China
- Nigma puella (Simon, 1870) – Europe, Azores, Madeira, Canary Is.
- (Tikader, 1966) – India
- Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
- (Simon, 1914) – Mediterranean
- Nigma walckenaeri (Roewer, 1951) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Gen. Nigma Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.
- ^ "Genus Nigma". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
External links[]
Categories:
- Araneomorphae genera
- Cosmopolitan spiders
- Dictynidae
- Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen
- Dictynidae stubs