Falconina

Falconina
F. gracilis, adult female
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus:
Brignoli, 1985[1]
Type species
F. melloi
(Schenkel, 1953)
Species

10, see text

Falconina is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Paolo Brignoli in 1985.[2]

Species

As of August 2024 it contains eleven species:[1]

  • Falconina adriki García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Brazil
  • Falconina albomaculosa (Schmidt, 1971) – Ecuador
  • Falconina andresi García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Colombia
  • Falconina brignolii García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Venezuela
  • Falconina catirina García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Brazil
  • Falconina crassipalpis (Chickering, 1937) – Panama
  • Falconina gracilis (Keyserling, 1891) – South America, Introduced to USA, Cuba
  • Falconina iza García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Brazil
  • Falconina melloi (Schenkel, 1953) (type) – Colombia, Venezuela
  • Falconina taita García & Bonaldo, 2023 – Bolivia
  • Falconina cafetera Ibarra-Núñez & Marín, 2024

References

  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2023). "Gen. Falconina Brignoli, 1985". World Spider Catalog Version 24.5. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2.
  2. ^ Brignoli, P. M. (1985). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society.


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