Agraecina
Genus of spiders
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Agraecina is a genus of liocranid sac spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1932.[3] Most species in the genus have a restricted habitat and narrow distribution, with exception of type species Agraecina lineata, which is known from a wider range of habitats over a larger area.[4]
| Agraecina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Liocranidae |
| Genus: | Agraecina Simon, 1932[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. lineata (Simon, 1878) | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
As of November 2024[update], the World Spider Catalog recognizes eight species, found in Africa, Europe and Asia:[1]
- Agraecina agadirensis Lecigne, Lips, Moutaouakil & Oger, 2020 - Morocco
- Agraecina canariensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
- Agraecina cristiani (Georgescu, 1989) – Romania, Slovakia
- Agraecina hodna Bosmans, 1999 – Algeria
- Agraecina lineata (Simon, 1878) (type) – Western Mediterranean to Kazakhstan
- Agraecina rutilia (Simon, 1897) – Sierra Leone
- Agraecina salsicola Bosmans & Boubakri, 2020 - Tunisia
- Agraecina scupiensis Deltshev, 2016 – North Macedonia, Greece
Former species and subspecies
Per the World Spider Catalog:[1]
- Agraecina albicans (Bösenberg, 1902) (synonym of Agraecina lineata (Simon, 1878))
- Agraecina striata (Kulczyński, 1882) (now Liocranoeca striata)
- Agraecina striata gracilior (Kulczyński, 1898) (synonym of Liocranoeca striata)