''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 ...
of
araneomorph spiders in the family
Dictynidae, first described by
Pekka T. Lehtinen
Pekka T. Lehtinen (born 1934) is a Finnish arachnology, arachnologist and taxonomy (biology), taxonomist. He is known for his works in systematics and for the many expeditions in which he has participated.
Biography
Lehtinen was born on 5 April ...
in 1967.
Species
it contains six species:
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Brigittea civica
''Brigittea civica'' (syn.: ''Dictyna civica'') is spider species found in Europe, North Africa, Turkey and North America.
See also
* List of Dictynidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Dictynidae accepted ...
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(Lucas, 1850) — Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Iran. Introduced to North America
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Brigittea guanchae
''Brigittea'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen
Pekka T. Lehtinen (born 1934) is a Finnish arachnology, arachnologist and taxonomy (biology), taxonomist. He is known for his wor ...
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(Schmidt, 1968) — Canary Is.
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Brigittea innocens
''Brigittea innocens'' (syn.: ''Dictyna innocens'') is spider species found in Italy, Eastern Mediterranean and Kazakhstan.
See also
* List of Dictynidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Dictynidae accepte ...
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(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) — Italy, Eastern Mediterranean, Kazakhstan
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Brigittea latens
''Dictyna latens'' is a species of spider found in Europe to Central Asia.
See also
* List of Dictynidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Dictynidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Adenodictyna'' ...
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(Fabricius, 1775) — Europe to Central Asia
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Brigittea varians''
(Spassky, 1952) — Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan, Tajikistan
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Brigittea vicina''
(Simon, 1873) — Mediterranean to Central Asia
References
Araneomorphae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders
Dictynidae
Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen
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