Phylloneta Explained

Phylloneta is a genus of comb-footed spiders formerly considered a sub-genus of Allotheridion,^[1] and raised to genus status in 2008.^[2] The type species was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1884 as Theridion pictipes.^[3] it contains three species and two subspecies with a holarctic distribution: P. impressa, P. pictipes, P. sisyphia, P. s. foliifera, and P. s. torandae.^[4]

See also

• List of Theridiidae species
• Theridion

Further reading

• Levi. H. W.. 1957. The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 1–124. 112.
• Le Peru. B.. 2011. The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 1–522. 2.
• Almquist. S.. 2005. Swedish Araneae, part 1 – families Atypidae to Hahniidae (Linyphiidae excluded). Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement. 1–284. 62.
• Book: Hu, J. L.. 2001. Spiders in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Henan Science and Technology Publishing House.

Notes and References

1. Archer. A. F.. 1950. A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species. Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History. 1–40. 30. Allan_Frost_Archer.
2. Wunderlich. J.. 2008. On extant and fossil (Eocene) European comb-footed spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with notes on their subfamilies, and with descriptions of new taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie. 5. 393.
3. Book: Keyserling, E.. 1884. Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae. 64.
4. Gen. Phylloneta Archer, 1950. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-27. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.