Phantyna Explained

Phantyna is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1948.^[1]

Species

it contains fourteen species:^[2]

• Phantyna bicornis (Emerton, 1915) – USA, Canada
• Phantyna estebanensis (Simon, 1906) – Venezuela
• Phantyna mandibularis (Taczanowski, 1874) – Mexico to Brazil
• Phantyna meridensis (Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela
• Phantyna micro (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) (type) – USA
• Phantyna mulegensis (Chamberlin, 1924) – USA, Mexico
• Phantyna pixi (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) – USA
• Phantyna provida (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) – USA
• Phantyna remota (Banks, 1924) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
• Phantyna rita (Gertsch, 1946) – USA
• Phantyna segregata (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) – USA, Mexico
• Phantyna terranea (Ivie, 1947) – USA
• Phantyna varyna (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) – USA, Mexico
  • Phantyna v. miranda (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) – USA

External links

• Phantyna at BugGuide

Notes and References

1. Chamberlin. R. V.. 1948. The genera of North American Dictynidae.. Bulletin of the University of Utah. 1–31. 38. 15.
2. Gen. Phantyna Chamberlin, 1948. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-01. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.