Gonatium Explained

Gonatium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.^[1]

Species

it contains nineteen species, found in Algeria, Bulgaria, Canada, China, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Macedonia, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Turkey, and the United States:^[2]

• Gonatium arimaense Oi, 1960 – Korea, Japan
• Gonatium biimpressum Simon, 1884 – France (Corsica), Italy
• Gonatium cappadocium Millidge, 1981 – Turkey
• Gonatium crassipalpum Bryant, 1933 – USA, Canada
• Gonatium dayense Simon, 1884 – Algeria
• Gonatium ensipotens (Simon, 1881) – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy
• Gonatium geniculosum Simon, 1918 – France
• Gonatium hilare (Thorell, 1875) – Central and southern Europe, Azerbaijan?
• Gonatium japonicum Simon, 1906 – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
• Gonatium nemorivagum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – Southern Europe
• Gonatium nipponicum Millidge, 1981 – Russia (Far East), Japan
• Gonatium occidentale Simon, 1918 – Spain, France, Morocco, Algeria, Israel
• Gonatium orientale Fage, 1931 – Romania, Bulgaria
• Gonatium pacificum Eskov, 1989 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
• Gonatium paradoxum (L. Koch, 1869) – Europe
• Gonatium petrunkewitschi Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
• Gonatium rubellum (Blackwall, 1841) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)
• Gonatium rubens (Blackwall, 1833) (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Japan
• Gonatium strugaense Drensky, 1929 – Macedonia

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (A–H)

Notes and References

1. Menge. A.. 1868. Preussische Spinnen. II. Abtheilung.. Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 153–218. 2. Anton_Menge.
2. Gen. Gonatium Menge, 1868. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-14. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.