''Kaestneria'' is a

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of dwarf spiders that was first described by H. Wiehle in 1956.

Species

it contains eight species, found in

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: *'' Kaestneria bicultrata'' Chen & Yin, 2000 – China, Indonesia (Sumatra, Belitung Is.) *'' Kaestneria dorsalis'' (Wider, 1834) (

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) – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia) *'' Kaestneria longissima'' (Zhu & Wen, 1983) – Russia (Far East), China *'' Kaestneria minima'' Locket, 1982 – Malaysia *''

Kaestneria pullata ''Kaestneria pullata'' is a species of sheetweb spider in the family Linyphiidae. It is found in North America, Europe, a range from Russia (European to the Far East The Far East is the geographical region that encompasses the easternmost por ...

'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863) – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Mongolia, Japan *'' Kaestneria rufula'' (Hackman, 1954) – USA, Canada *'' Kaestneria torrentum'' ( Kulczyński, 1882) – Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine *'' Kaestneria valentissima'' Irfan & Peng, 2018 – China Kaestneria pullata F 2021D

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Araneomorphae genera Linyphiidae Spiders of Asia Spiders of North America {{Linyphiidae-stub

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