Emertonella
Genus of spiders
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Emertonella is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1945.[2]
| Emertonella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Emertonella Bryant, 1945[1] |
| Type species | |
| E. emertoni (Bryant, 1933) | |
| Species | |
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5, see text | |
Species
As of May 2020[update] it contains five species, found in Asia, Mexico, the United States, Papua New Guinea, and Argentina:[1]
- Emertonella emertoni (Bryant, 1933) (type) – USA, Mexico
- Emertonella hainanica Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
- Emertonella serrulata Gao & Li, 2014 – China
- Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886) – USA to Argentina. Introduced to India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan (Ryukyu Is.), New Guinea
- Emertonella trachypa Gao & Li, 2014 – China
In synonymy:
- E. dentata = Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886)
- E. floricola = Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886)
- E. georgiana = Emertonella emertoni (Bryant, 1933)
- E. nigripes = Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886)
- E. rosascostai = Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886)
