Parafroneta Explained

Parafroneta is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by A. D. Blest in 1979.^[1]

Species

it contains fourteen species:^[2]

• Parafroneta ambigua Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta confusa Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta demota Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta haurokoae Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta hirsuta Blest & Vink, 2003 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta insula Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta marrineri (Hogg, 1909) (type) – New Zealand (Campbell Is.)
• Parafroneta minuta Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta monticola Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta persimilis Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta pilosa Blest & Vink, 2003 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta subalpina Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta subantarctica Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Parafroneta westlandica Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

Notes and References

1. Blest. A. D.. 1979. The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae. Otago Museum Bulletin. 95–173. 5.
2. Gen. Parafroneta Blest, 1979. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-17. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.