Nigma flavescens
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| Nigma flavescens | |
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| female from the Netherlands | |
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| male from France | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Dictynidae |
| Genus: | Nigma |
| Species: | N. flavescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Nigma flavescens (Walckenaer, 1830) | |
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Nigma flavescens is a species of spider in the family Dictynidae. Originally described as Drassus flavescens by Walckenaer in 1830, it has undergone several taxonomic revisions and generic transfers before being placed in its current genus Nigma by Lehtinen in 1967.[1]
The species was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1830 as Drassus flavescens based on specimens from France.[2] The species has a complex taxonomic history with numerous synonymizations and generic transfers. It was subsequently placed in the genera Theridion, Dictyna, Ergatis, Argus, and Heterodictyna by various authors throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]
In 1967, Lehtinen transferred the species to the genus Nigma, where it currently resides.[3] The genus Nigma belongs to the family Dictynidae, commonly known as mesh web weavers.