Emertongone

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Emertongone
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Binomial name
Emertongone montifer
(Emerton, 1882)[1]

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.