Parafroneta facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Parafroneta |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Parafroneta Blest, 1979 |
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| P. marrineri (Hogg, 1909)
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Parafroneta is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by A. D. Blest in 1979.
Species
As of May 2019[update] it contains fourteen species, found in New Zealand:
- Parafroneta ambigua Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
- Parafroneta confusa Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
- Parafroneta demota Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
- Parafroneta haurokoae Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
- Parafroneta hirsuta Blest & Vink, 2003 – New Zealand
- Parafroneta insula Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
- Parafroneta marrineri (Hogg, 1909) (type) – New Zealand (Campbell Is.)
- Parafroneta minuta Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
- Parafroneta monticola Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
- Parafroneta persimilis Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
- Parafroneta pilosa Blest & Vink, 2003 – New Zealand
- Parafroneta subalpina Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
- Parafroneta subantarctica Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
- Parafroneta westlandica Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
See also
In Spanish: Parafroneta para niños
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