''Catonetria'' is a

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of dwarf spiders containing the single species, ''Catonetria caeca''. It was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge & N. P. Ashmole in 1994, and has only been found on

Ascension Island Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about from the coast of Africa and from the coast of South America. It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory o ...

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Linyphiidae Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Oceania {{Linyphiidae-stub

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