Lessertia (spider)

Lessertia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Lessertia Smith, 1908[1]
Type species
L. dentichelis (Simon, 1884)
Species
L. barbara (Simon, 1884) – Spain, Morocco, Algeria L. dentichelis (Simon, 1884) – Canary Is., Madeira, Europe, Turkey. Introduced to Canada, New Zealand
Synonyms[1]
Scotoneta Simon, 1910[2]

Lessertia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by F. P. Smith in 1908.^[3] As of May 2019^[update] it contains only two species, both found in Algeria, Canada, Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey: L. barbara and L. dentichelis.^[1]

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. "Gen. Lessertia Smith, 1908". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
2. Wunderlich, J. (1995). "Zur Taxonomie europäischer Gattungen der Zwergspinnen (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 4 (1994): 645.
3. Smith, F. P. (1908). "Some British spiders taken in 1908". Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club. 10 (2): 311–334.