''Staveleya'' is a
genus
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of European
sheet weavers. Its current name is a replacement for ''Hypsocephalus'', already a genus in the
snapper family of fish.
The type species was originally described under the name "''Microneta pusilla"'',
but the type species is designated one of the junior synonyms, "''Cnephalocotes dahli''" because it has a physical specimen.
The genus is named in honour of
Eliza Fanny Staveley, the first woman to publish research on arachnology in the United Kingdom.
Species
it contains four species:
*''
S. huberti''
(Millidge, 1975) – France (Corsica)
*''
S. nesiotes''
(Simon
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, 1915) – France (Corsica)
*''
S. paulae''
(Simon, 1918) – France, Switzerland, Italy
*''
S. pusilla''
(Menge, 1869) (
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) – Central Europe and Italy to Greece and Ukraine
See also
* ''
Mecopisthes''
* ''
Cnephalocotes''
* ''
Microneta''
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List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)
This article lists all described species of the spider family Linyphiidae as of May 14, 2020, from Q to Z. Some genera have been updated to the World Spider Catalog version 21.0 .
''Racata''
'' Racata'' Millidge, 1995
* '' Racata brevis'' Tanase ...
References
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Linyphiidae genera
Spiders of Europe
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