Name - Micrathena Sundevall 1833

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:78723 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Micrathena

• Thaumastobella Mello-Leitao 1945

• Ildibaha Keyserling 1892

• Micrathena Sundevall, 1833

• Chaetacis Simon 1895

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• The American orb-weaver genera Colphepeira, Micrathena and Gasteracantha north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae).
• The spiny orb-weaver genera Micrathena and Chaetacis (Araneae: Araneidae).
• On the synonymy of Thaumastobella mourei Mello-Leitao and Ildibaha albomaculata Keyserling (Araneae, Araneidae).
• Phylogenetic analysis of Micrathena and Chaetacis spiders (Araneae: Araneidae) reveals multiple origins of extreme sexual size dimorphism and long abdominal spines.

Search name in:

Sherborn Index Animalium

• Consp. Arach., 1833 1833: 14. [Index Animalium Entry]

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