Frontinella Explained

Frontinella is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1902.

Species

it contains nine species and one subspecies, found in China, El Salvador, Mexico, and the United States:^[1]

• Frontinella bella Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
• Frontinella huachuca Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – USA, Mexico
  • Frontinella h. benevola Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – Mexico, Arizona^[2]
• Frontinella hubeiensis Li & Song, 1993 – China
• Frontinella laeta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) (type) – Mexico
• Frontinella omega Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador
• Frontinella potosia Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – Mexico
• Frontinella pyramitela (Walckenaer, 1841) – North, Central America
• Frontinella tibialis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Mexico
• Frontinella zhui Li & Song, 1993 – China

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (A–H)
• Neriene

Notes and References

1. Gen. Frontinella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-14. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
2. Web site: Genus Frontinella. BugGuide. 2019-06-14.