Holmelgonia is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Jocqué & N. Scharff in 2007.[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: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Holmelgonia Jocqué & Scharff, 2007[1] |
| Type species | |
| H. nemoralis (Holm, 1962)
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17, see text | |
Species
editAs of May 2019[update] it contains seventeen species, found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Middle Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda:[1]
- Holmelgonia afromontana Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
- Holmelgonia annemetteae (Scharff, 1990) – Tanzania
- Holmelgonia annulata (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
- Holmelgonia basalis (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
- Holmelgonia bosnasutus Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
- Holmelgonia brachystegiae (Jocqué, 1981) – Malawi
- Holmelgonia disconveniens Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
- Holmelgonia falciformis (Scharff, 1990) – Tanzania
- Holmelgonia hirsuta (Miller, 1970) – Angola
- Holmelgonia holmi (Miller, 1970) – Cameroon, Congo
- Holmelgonia limpida (Miller, 1970) – Angola
- Holmelgonia nemoralis (Holm, 1962) (type) – Congo, Uganda, Kenya
- Holmelgonia perturbatrix (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
- Holmelgonia producta (Bosmans, 1988) – Cameroon
- Holmelgonia projecta (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
- Holmelgonia rungwensis (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
- Holmelgonia stoltzei (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Holmelgonia Jocqué & Scharff, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ Jocqué, R.; Scharff, N. (2007). Holmelgonia.