Brigittea
| Brigittea | |
|---|---|
| B. civica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Dictynidae |
| Genus: | Brigittea Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
| Type species | |
| B. latens (Fabricius, 1775) | |
| Species | |
|
6, see text | |
Brigittea is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2]
Description
The carapace is dark brown with rows of white setae covering it dorsally, while the opisthosoma is oval bearing dense white setae with a dark central area forming a pattern stretching from the anterior border to the spinnerets. Males are slightly smaller than females and have bow-shaped chelicerae.[3]
Species
As of September 2025 it contains six species:[1]
- Brigittea avicenna Zamani & Marusik, 2021 — Iran
- Brigittea civica (Lucas, 1850) — Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Iran. Introduced to North America
- Brigittea colona (Simon, 1906) — New Caledonia
- Brigittea innocens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) — Italy, Eastern Mediterranean, Kazakhstan
- Brigittea latens (Fabricius, 1775) — Europe to Central Asia
- Brigittea vicina (Simon, 1873) — Mediterranean to Central Asia
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Brigittea Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
- ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.
- ^ Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2020). The Dictynidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 8. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6159874. Retrieved 22 September 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.