Tolokonniella

Tolokonniella
	T. stigmatisata
	T. truncata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lathyidae
Genus:	Tolokonniella; Cala-Riquelme, Crews & Esposito, 2025
Type species
	Lethia stigmatisata; Menge, 1869
Species
	5, see text

Tolokonniella is a genus of spiders in the family Lathyidae.^[2]

Distribution

Tolokonniella is found from Spain to Kazakhstan and South Siberia, with T. maura reaching to Algeria.^[2]

The genus name honors Russian artist and feminist Nadezhda Andreyevna Tolokonnikova, a founding member of the feminist group Pussy Riot.^[1]

All species in this genus were transferred from Lathys in 2025.^[1]

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

Tolokonniella ankaraensis (Özkütük, Marusik, Elverici & Kunt, 2016) – Turkey
Tolokonniella mallorcensis (Lissner, 2018) – Spain (Majorca)
Tolokonniella maura (Simon, 1911) – Algeria, Spain (Balearic Islands)
Tolokonniella stigmatisata (Menge, 1869) – Europe, Turkey (type species)
Tolokonniella truncata (Danilov, 1994) – Russia (Central Asia, South Siberia), Kazakhstan

^ ^a ^b ^c Montana, K. O.; Cala-Riquelme, F.; Crews, S. C.; Gorneau, J. A.; Al-Jamal, A. M.; Alequín, L. D.; Spagna, J. C.; Ballarin, F.; Esposito, L. A. (2025). "Tailor's drawer no more: a reappraisal of the spider family Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 sensu lato". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204: 1–97. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf007.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Gen. Tolokonniella Cala-Riquelme, Crews & Esposito, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-31.