Agelenella
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Agelenidae |
| Genus: | Agelenella Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
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Agelenella is a genus of medium sized spiders native to Yemen and Ethiopia. It contains a single species, Agelenella pusilla. Spiders of this genus can be distinguished by the distinctly ringed legs.[2]
Description
Members of this genus are generally about 6 millimetres (0.24 in) long. The pedipalps and the outer membrane of the carapace are yellowish orange with black marks. The legs are black with distinctive yellow rings. The tarsi and coxae are almost completely yellow. The underside is mostly black, though two lines run from the genital fold down the body. The legs and abdomen have sparse white hairs.[3]
Taxonomy
Very few specimens have been recorded, and of the few found, all of them were females. Though Agelenella is thought to be a monophyletic group of ten other Agelenidae genera, it is difficult to determine its relationship to those genera without a male specimen.[4]
References
- ↑ "Agelenidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
- ↑ 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: 346.
- ↑ Pocock, R. I. (1903g). Arachnida. In: Forbes, H. O. (ed.) The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri. Special Bulletin of the Liverpool Museum, p.193
- ↑ Santos, A.J.; Harten, A. van (2007). "On the funnel-weaver spiders from Yemen (Araneae: Agelenidae)". Fauna of Arabia. 23: 166.