Emblyna is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1948.[2]

Emblyna
Emblyna sp. from Leesylvania State Park, Woodbridge, Virginia. Note sexual dimorphism. The male (right) is courting the female (left).
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Emblyna
Chamberlin, 1948[1]
Type species
E. completa
(Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929)
Species

76, see text

Species

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As of May 2019 it contains seventy-six species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Emblyna Chamberlin, 1948". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. ^ Chamberlin, R. V. (1948). "The genera of North American Dictynidae". Bulletin of the University of Utah. 38 (15): 1–31.
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