Austrohahnia

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Austrohahnia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Hahniidae
Genus: Austrohahnia
Mello-Leitão, 1942[1]
Type species
A. praestans
Mello-Leitão, 1942
Species

Austrohahnia is a genus of South American dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1942.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only three species, all found in Argentina: A. catleyi, A. melloleitaoi, and A. praestans.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Austrohahnia Mello-Leitão, 1942". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  2. ^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1942). "Arañas del Chaco y Santiago del Estero". Revista del Museo de la Plata. New Series, Zool. 2: 381–426.