Holmelgonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Holmelgonia
Jocqué & Scharff, 2007[1]
Type species
H. nemoralis
(Holm, 1962)
Species

17, see text

Holmelgonia is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Jocqué & N. Scharff in 2007.[2]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains seventeen species, found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Middle Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda:[1]

  • Holmelgonia afromontana Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
  • Holmelgonia annemetteae (Scharff, 1990) – Tanzania
  • Holmelgonia annulata (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
  • Holmelgonia basalis (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
  • Holmelgonia bosnasutus Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
  • Holmelgonia brachystegiae (Jocqué, 1981) – Malawi
  • Holmelgonia disconveniens Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
  • Holmelgonia falciformis (Scharff, 1990) – Tanzania
  • Holmelgonia hirsuta (Miller, 1970) – Angola
  • Holmelgonia holmi (Miller, 1970) – Cameroon, Congo
  • Holmelgonia limpida (Miller, 1970) – Angola
  • Holmelgonia nemoralis (Holm, 1962) (type) – Congo, Uganda, Kenya
  • Holmelgonia perturbatrix (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
  • Holmelgonia producta (Bosmans, 1988) – Cameroon
  • Holmelgonia projecta (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
  • Holmelgonia rungwensis (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
  • Holmelgonia stoltzei (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Holmelgonia Jocqué & Scharff, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. Jocqué, R.; Scharff, N. (2007). Holmelgonia.


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