''Argenna'' is a
genus
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of
cribellate
Cribellum literally means "little sieve", and in biology the term generally applies to anatomical structures in the form of tiny perforated plates.
In certain groups of diatoms it refers to microscopically punctured regions of the frustule, or o ...
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their cl ...
spiders in the family
Dictynidae
Dictynidae is a family (biology), family of cribellate, hackled band-producing spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Most build irregular webs on or near the ground, creating a tangle of silken fibers among several branche ...
, and was first described by
Tamerlan Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist.
Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Oc ...
in 1870.
Species
it contains seven species:
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Argenna alxa''
Tang, 2011 – China
*''
Argenna obesa''
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* Brett Emerton (bo ...
, 1911 – USA, Canada
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Argenna patula''
(Simon
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* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, 1874) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kyrgyzstan, China, Iran?
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Argenna polita''
(Banks
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Becaus ...
, 1898) – Mexico
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Argenna sibirica''
Esyunin & Stepina, 2014 – Russia (West Siberia)
*''
Argenna subnigra''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861) (
type) – Europe, Azerbaijan, China
*''
Argenna yakima''
Chamberlin
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& Gertsch, 1958 – USA
References
Araneomorphae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders
Dictynidae
Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell
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