''Pickardinella'' is a

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long-jawed orb-weavers containing the single species, ''Pickardinella setigera''. The species was first described by

Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (3 November 1860 – 9 February 1905) was an English arachnologist. He is sometimes confused with his uncle, Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (1828–1917), who was also an arachnologist and from whom F. O. ...

under the name ''Leucauge setigera'', and was moved to its own genus in 1951. Physically, they resemble members of '' Opadometa'' and ''

Leucauge ''Leucauge'' is a spider genus of long-jawed orb weavers, with over 160 species and fully pantropical distribution. The genus was first documented in Scottish zoologist Adam White's 1841 ''Description of new or little known Arachnida''. Charl ...

''. Males are very small, only growing up to about long. A female has never been found.

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Monotypic Tetragnathidae genera Spiders of Mexico Tetragnathidae Taxa named by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge {{Tetragnathidae-stub

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