Bursellia Explained

Bursellia is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by Å. Holm in 1962.^[1]

Species

it contains eight species and one subspecies:^[2]

• Bursellia cameroonensis Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon
• Bursellia comata Holm, 1962 – Congo, Uganda
  • Bursellia c. kivuensis Holm, 1964 – Congo
• Bursellia gibbicervix (Denis, 1962) – Tanzania
• Bursellia glabra Holm, 1962 (type) – Congo, Kenya
• Bursellia holmi Bosmans, 1977 – Kenya
• Bursellia paghi Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
• Bursellia setifera (Denis, 1962) – Cameroon, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi
• Bursellia unicornis Bosmans, 1988 – Cameroon

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species

Notes and References

1. Holm. Å.. 1962. The spider fauna of the East African mountains. Part I: Fam. Erigonidae.. Zoologiska Bidrag från Uppsala. 19–204. 35.
2. Gen. Bursellia Holm, 1962. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.