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Frontinella Omega
''Frontinella'' is a genus of Linyphiidae, dwarf spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1902. Species it contains nine species and one subspecies, found in China, El Salvador, Mexico, and the United States: *''Frontinella bella'' Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola *''Frontinella huachuca'' Willis J. Gertsch, Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – USA, Mexico **''Frontinella huachuca, Frontinella h. benevola'' Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – Mexico, Arizona *''Frontinella hubeiensis'' Li & Song, 1993 – China *''Frontinella laeta'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) (Type species, type) – Mexico *''Frontinella omega'' Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador *''Frontinella potosia'' Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – Mexico *''Frontinella pyramitela'' (Charles Athanase Walckenaer, Walckenaer, 1841) – North, Central America *''Frontinella tibialis'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Mexico *''Frontinella zhui'' Li & Song, 1993 – China See also * List of Linyphiidae species (A–H) *''Nerien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (3 November 1860 – 9 February 1905) was an English arachnologist. He is sometimes confused with his uncle, Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (1828–1917), who was also an arachnologist and from whom F. O. Pickard-Cambridge picked up his enthusiasm for the study of spiders. Life F. O. Pickard-Cambridge was born in Warmwell, Dorset, where his father was rector. He became a curate at St Cuthbert's church in Carlisle for a few years after having been educated at Sherborne School and Exeter College, Oxford. He left to become a professional biological illustrator, and in 1894–1895 spent several months in the Amazon as a naturalist on board the SS ''Faraday''. He found much of interest on his voyage and began writing papers in 1896 to describe the spiders he discovered. He had a promising career ahead of him, but this promise was not to be fulfilled. Bristowe, writing in the book ''British Spiders'', 1951, said of this time in F. O. Pickar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |