Leucognatha
| Leucognatha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Tetragnathidae |
| Genus: | Leucognatha Wunderlich, 1992 |
| Type species | |
| Leucognatha acoreensis Wunderlich, 1992
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| Species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Leucognatha is a genus of long-jawed orb weavers (family Tetragnathidae) first described in 1910 using the name Sancus.
Taxonomy
The genus was first described by Hugo Albert Tullgren in 1910 using the genus name Sancus.[1][2] However, this name was already in use for a genus of skippers.[3] In 1992, Jörg Wunderlich erected a new genus Leucognatha for a species from the Azores.[4] In 2006, Leucognatha was synonymized with Sancus. In 2022, it was recognized that Sancus was not an available name for the spider genus, so that Wunderlich's Leucognatha became the correct name.[1]
Species
As of February 2026, the genus contains two species:[1]
- Leucognatha acoreensis Wunderlich, 1992 (type species) – Azores
- Leucognatha bilineata (Tullgren, 1910) – Kenya, Tanzania
References
- ^ a b c d "Leucognatha Wunderlich, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
- ^ Tullgren, A. (1910). "Araneae". Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. Sjöstedts Kilimandjaro-Meru Expedition. Vol. 20. pp. 85–172. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6622.
- ^ "Psolos – Butterflies and Moths of the World". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
- ^ Wunderlich, J. (1992). "Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Biogeographie und Evolution". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 1: 1–619. Retrieved 2026-02-28 – via World Spider Catalog.