Fonteferrea
| Fonteferrea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Superfamily: | Araneoidea |
| Family: | Fonteferreidae Wunderlich, 2023 |
| Genus: | Fonteferrea Wunderlich, 2023 |
| Species: | F. minutissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Fonteferrea minutissima Wunderlich, 2023
| |
Fonteferrea is a genus of araneoid spiders that contains only one species, Fonteferrea minutissima. It is the sole member of the family Fonteferreidae.[1]
The family is only known from one male specimen, which was found in the Algarve in southern Portugal by Jörg Wunderlich in 2023. The generic name references the locality where the holotype was collected, Fonte Ferrea, in the Faro District.[2]
Description
These are extremely small spiders, with a body length of 0.75 mm. The species is notable for the hairs present on the tegulum, a characteristic which very few spiders have.[2]
Name
The original author spelled the family name "Fonteferridae", which was standardized to "Fonteferreidae" by the World Spider Catalog.[3]
Taxonomy
Wunderlich suggests further species might be found in tropical Africa, as members of the "fairly related" family Synaphridae were first found in southern Europe and later in Madagascar.[2]
References
- ^ "Gen. Fonteferrea Wunderlich, 2023". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ a b c Wunderlich, Jörg (2023). "Contribution to the spider (Araneida) fauna of the Algarve, Portugal, with notes on the phylogeny of the superfamily Araneoidea and the description of the new araneoid family Fonteferridae". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 16: 4–112.
- ^ "Family Fonteferreidae Wunderlich, 2023 (genus list)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2024-01-02