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Stenoterommata

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Stenoterommata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Pycnothelidae
Genus: Stenoterommata
Holmberg, 1881[1]

Stenoterommata is a genus of spiders in the family Nemesiidae, found in eastern South America.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus was erected by E. L. Holmberg in 1881, with the type species Stenoterommata platensis.[1] Holmberg explained that the genus name referred to the fact that the posterior eyes of the species were narrower than any other species in Argentina.[2] The name Stenoterommata is a Latinized form of stenoterommatos, an adjective derived from Greek, meaning "narrower eyed", and is feminine,[1] as it implicitly modifies aranea, "spider".

Species

As of April 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Gen. Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-16
  2. ^ Holmberg, E.L. (1881), "Géneros y especies de arácnidos argentinos nuevos ó poco conocidos", Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, 11: 125–133