''Brigittea'' 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 ...

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 ...

, first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.

Species

it contains six species: *''

Brigittea civica ''Brigittea civica'' (syn.: ''Dictyna civica'') is spider species found in Europe, North Africa, Turkey and North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. I ...

'' (Lucas, 1850) — Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Iran. Introduced to North America *''

Brigittea guanchae ''Brigittea'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae Dictynidae is a family of cribellate, hackled band-producing spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Most build irregular webs on or near the ground ...

'' (Schmidt, 1968) — Canary Is. *''

Brigittea innocens ''Brigittea innocens'' (syn.: ''Dictyna innocens'') is spider species found in Italy, Eastern Mediterranean and Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia a ...

'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) — Italy, Eastern Mediterranean, Kazakhstan *''

Brigittea latens ''Dictyna latens'' is a species of spider found in Europe to Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from A ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) — Europe to Central Asia *''

Brigittea varians ''Brigittea'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967. Species it contains six species: *'' Brigittea civica'' (Lucas, 1850) — Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Iran. Introduced to ...

'' (Spassky, 1952) — Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan, Tajikistan *''

Brigittea vicina ''Brigittea'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967. Species it contains six species: *'' Brigittea civica'' (Lucas, 1850) — Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Iran. Introduced to ...

'' (Simon, 1873) — Mediterranean to Central Asia

References

Araneomorphae genera Cosmopolitan spiders Dictynidae Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen {{Dictynidae-stub