''Appaleptoneta'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
North America
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n
Leptonetids that was first described by
Norman I. Platnick
Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and arachnologist. At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Em ...
in 1986.
Species
it contains seven species, all found in the
United States
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Appaleptoneta barrowsi''
( Gertsch, 1974) – USA
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Appaleptoneta coma''
(Barrows, 1940) – USA
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Appaleptoneta credula''
(Gertsch, 1974) – USA
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Appaleptoneta fiskei''
(Gertsch, 1974) – USA
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Appaleptoneta gertschi''
(Barrows, 1940) – USA
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Appaleptoneta jonesi''
(Gertsch, 1974) – USA
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Appaleptoneta silvicultrix''
(Crosby & Bishop, 1925) (
type) – USA
See also
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List of Leptonetidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Leptonetidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Leptonetidae
Spiders of the United States
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