''Brigittea'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (taran ...
spiders in the family
Dictynidae
Dictynidae is a family of cribellate, hackled band-producing spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Most build irregular webs on or near the ground, creating a tangle of silken fibers among several branches or stems of on ...
, first described by
Pekka T. Lehtinen
Pekka T. Lehtinen (born 1934) is a Finnish arachnology, arachnologist and taxonomy (biology), taxonomist. He is known for his works in systematics and for the many expeditions in which he has participated.
Biography
Lehtinen was born on 5 April ...
in 1967.
Species
it contains six species:
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Brigittea civica''
(Lucas, 1850) — Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Iran. Introduced to North America
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Brigittea guanchae''
(Schmidt, 1968) — Canary Is.
*''
Brigittea innocens''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) — Italy, Eastern Mediterranean, Kazakhstan
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Brigittea latens''
(Fabricius, 1775) — Europe to Central Asia
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Brigittea varians''
(Spassky, 1952) — Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan, Tajikistan
*''
Brigittea vicina''
(Simon, 1873) — Mediterranean to Central Asia
References
Araneomorphae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders
Dictynidae
Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen
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