Sinisterigone

Sinisterigone
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Subfamily: Erigoninae
Genus: Sinisterigone
Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022[1]
Type species
S. circularis
Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022
Species

3, see text

Sinisterigone is a genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae.[2]

Distribution

All described species are endemic to Yunnan Province of China.[2][1]

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of Latin sinister "left" and related genus Erigone. This refers to the embolus in the left male palp being curved clock-wise.[1]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes three species:[2]

  • Sinisterigone circularis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022China (type species)
  • Sinisterigone incurvata Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
  • Sinisterigone rutunda Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China

References

  1. ^ a b c Irfan, M.; Zhang, Z. S.; Peng, X. J. (2022). "Survey of Linyphiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) spiders from Yunnan, China". Megataxa. 8: 1–292. doi:10.11646/megataxa.8.1.1.
  2. ^ a b c "Gen. Sinisterigone Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022". World Spider Catalog. 2017. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-31.