Viridictyna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Viridictyna
Forster, 1970[1]
Type species
V. kikkawai
Forster, 1970
Species

5, see text

Viridictyna is a genus of South Pacific cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970.[2]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:[1]

  • Viridictyna australis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Viridictyna kikkawai Forster, 1970 (type) – New Zealand
  • Viridictyna nelsonensis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Viridictyna parva Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Viridictyna picata Forster, 1970 – New Zealand

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Viridictyna Forster, 1970". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 1–184.


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