Holmelgonia Explained

Holmelgonia is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Jocqué & N. Scharff in 2007.^[1]

Species

it contains seventeen species, found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Middle Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda:^[2]

• Holmelgonia afromontana Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
• Holmelgonia annemetteae (Scharff, 1990) – Tanzania
• Holmelgonia annulata (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
• Holmelgonia basalis (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
• Holmelgonia bosnasutus Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
• Holmelgonia brachystegiae (Jocqué, 1981) – Malawi
• Holmelgonia disconveniens Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
• Holmelgonia falciformis (Scharff, 1990) – Tanzania
• Holmelgonia hirsuta (Miller, 1970) – Angola
• Holmelgonia holmi (Miller, 1970) – Cameroon, Congo
• Holmelgonia limpida (Miller, 1970) – Angola
• Holmelgonia nemoralis (Holm, 1962) (type) – Congo, Uganda, Kenya
• Holmelgonia perturbatrix (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
• Holmelgonia producta (Bosmans, 1988) – Cameroon
• Holmelgonia projecta (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
• Holmelgonia rungwensis (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
• Holmelgonia stoltzei (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (A–H)

Notes and References

1. Book: Jocqué. R.. Scharff. N.. 2007. Holmelgonia.
2. Gen. Holmelgonia Jocqué & Scharff, 2007. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-15. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.