Frontinella

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Linyphiidae
Genus: Frontinella
Species: F. bella – F. pyramitela – F. huachuca – F. hubeiensis – F. laeta – F. omega – F. potosia – F. tibialis – F. zhui
Name

Frontinella Cambridge, 1902
References

Cambridge F.O.P. 1902: Biol. Centr. Amer., Zool., Arachn. Aran., 2: 420.
Song 1994: Evaluation on animal resources from Wuling Mountains area southwestern China. Science Press, Beijing., 1994: i-ix, 1-432.

Frontinella is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1902.[2]
Species

As of May 2019 it contains nine species and one subspecies, found in China, El Salvador, Mexico, and the United States:[1]

Frontinella bella Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
Frontinella huachuca Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – USA, Mexico
Frontinella h. benevola Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – Mexico, Arizona[3]
Frontinella hubeiensis Li & Song, 1993 – China
Frontinella laeta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) (type) – Mexico
Frontinella omega Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador
Frontinella potosia Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – Mexico
Frontinella pyramitela (Walckenaer, 1841) – North, Central America
Frontinella tibialis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Mexico
Frontinella zhui Li & Song, 1993 – China