''Catonetria'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

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of dwarf spiders containing the single species, ''Catonetria caeca''. It was first described by

Alfred Frank Millidge Alfred Frank Millidge (1914 – 16 April 2012) was a British arachnologist who wrote several works on spiders. One of his best-known might be ''British Spiders'', volumes I and II, which he co-wrote with G. H. Locket. In 1983, he became the first ...

& N. P. Ashmole in 1994, and has only been found on

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Linyphiidae Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Oceania {{Linyphiidae-stub

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