Forsterina
Genus of spiders
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Forsterina is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2]
| Forsterina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Desidae |
| Genus: | Forsterina Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
| Type species | |
| F. cryphoeciformis (Simon, 1908) | |
| Species | |
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9, see text | |
Species
As of May 2019[update] it contains nine species:[1]
- Forsterina alticola (Berland, 1924) – New Caledonia
- Forsterina annulipes (L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Is.)
- Forsterina armigera (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Forsterina cryphoeciformis (Simon, 1908) (type) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Forsterina koghiana Gray, 1992 – New Caledonia
- Forsterina segestrina (L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Forsterina velifera (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Forsterina virgosa (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Forsterina vultuosa (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)