''Emertonella'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1945.

Species

it contains five species, found in Asia,

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, the

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, and

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: *'' Emertonella emertoni'' (Bryant, 1933) (

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) – USA,

*'' Emertonella hainanica'' Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 –

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*'' Emertonella serrulata'' Gao & Li, 2014 – China *''

Emertonella taczanowskii ''Emertonella taczanowskii'', is a species of spider of the genus '' Emertonella''. It is distributed along United States to Argentina, India, Sri Lanka to Ryukyu Islands. See also * List of Theridiidae species This page lists all described ...

'' ( Keyserling, 1886) – USA to Argentina. Introduced to India,

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, China,

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(Ryukyu Is.), New Guinea *'' Emertonella trachypa'' Gao & Li, 2014 – China In

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: *''E. dentata'' = ''Emertonella taczanowskii'' (Keyserling, 1886) *''E. floricola'' = ''Emertonella taczanowskii'' (Keyserling, 1886) *''E. georgiana'' = ''Emertonella emertoni'' (Bryant, 1933) *''E. nigripes'' = ''Emertonella taczanowskii'' (Keyserling, 1886) *''E. rosascostai'' = ''Emertonella taczanowskii'' (Keyserling, 1886)

References

Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Asia Spiders of Central America Spiders of North America Spiders of South America Theridiidae {{Theridiidae-stub