Fonteferrea is a genus of araneoid spiders that contains only one species, Fonteferrea minutissima.[1] It is the sole member of the family Fonteferridae. The only specimen of this family was found in the Algarve in southern Portugal by Jörg Wunderlich in 2023.[2] The generic name references the locality where the holotype was collected, Fonte Ferrea, in the Faro District. They are extremely small spiders, with a body length of 0.75 mm. The species is notable for the hairs present on the tegulum, a characteristic which very few spiders have.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Superfamily: | Araneoidea |
| Family: | Fonteferridae Wunderlich, 2023 |
| Genus: | Fonteferrea Wunderlich, 2023 |
| Species: | F. minutissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Fonteferrea minutissima Wunderlich, 2023
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References
edit- ^ "Gen. Fonteferrea Wunderlich, 2023". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ Wunderlich, Jörg (2023). "Contribution to the spider (Araneida) fauna of the Algarve, Portugal, with notes on the phylogeny of the superfamily Araneoidea and the description of the new araneoid family Fonteferridae". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 16: 4–112.