Argennina is a monotypic genus of North American cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae containing the single species, Argennina unica. It was first described by Willis J. Gertsch & S. Mulaik in 1936,[2] and has only been found in Texas.[1] Individuals are around 5 mm (0.20 in) in body length. The carapace is a pale yellow brown, sparsely covered with short black hairs, and the abdomen is gray to pale yellow with fine pale hairs.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Dictynidae |
| Genus: | Argennina Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936[1] |
| Species: | A. unica
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| Binomial name | |
| Argennina unica Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936
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References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Argennina Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ a b Gertsch, W. J.; Mulaik, S. (1936). "Diagnoses of new southern Spiders". American Museum Novitates (851): 1–21.