Molestia is a genus of East Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by L. H. Tu, Michael I. Saaristo & S. Q. Li in 2006.[1]
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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: | Molestia Tu, Saaristo & Li, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| Molestia molesta (Tao, Li & Zhu, 1995)
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Species
editAs of January 2023[update] it contains five species, found in China and France:[2]
- Molestia ancoraria Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
- Molestia caudata Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
- Molestia hamifera (Simon, 1884) – France, China
- Molestia molesta (Tao, Li & Zhu, 1995) (type) – China
- Molestia yaojiapingensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Tu, L. H.; Saaristo, M. I.; Li, S. Q. (2006). "A review of Chinese micronetine species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Part II: seven species of ex-Lepthyphantes". Animal Biology. 56 (3): 403–421. doi:10.1163/157075606778441877.
- ^ "Gen. Molestia Tu, Saaristo & Li, 2006". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 15 January 2023.