Selkirkiella is a genus of South American comb-footed spiders that was first described by Lucien Berland in 1924.[2] Originally placed with the Araneidae,[2] it was transferred to the comb-footed spiders in 1972.[3]
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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: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Selkirkiella Berland, 1924[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. alboguttata Berland, 1924
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Species
editAs of June 2020[update] it contains eight species, found in Chile, Argentina, and on the Falkland Islands:[1]
- Selkirkiella alboguttata Berland, 1924 (type) – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
- Selkirkiella carelmapuensis (Levi, 1963) – Chile
- Selkirkiella luisi (Levi, 1967) – Chile
- Selkirkiella magallanes (Levi, 1963) – Chile
- Selkirkiella michaelseni (Simon, 1902) – Chile
- Selkirkiella purpurea (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile
- Selkirkiella ventrosa (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina, Falkland Is.
- Selkirkiella wellingtoni (Levi, 1967) – Chile
In synonymy:
- S. portazuelo (Levi, 1967) = Selkirkiella alboguttata Berland, 1924
- S. recurvata (Tullgren, 1901) = Selkirkiella ventrosa (Nicolet, 1849)
- S. transversa (Nicolet, 1849) = Selkirkiella purpurea (Nicolet, 1849)
- S. triangulifer (Simon, 1902) = Selkirkiella ventrosa (Nicolet, 1849)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Selkirkiella Berland, 1924". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ a b Berland, L. (1924), "Araignées de l'ile de Pàques et des iles Juan Fernandez", The Natural History of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island
- ^ Levi, H. W. (1972). "Taxonomic-nomenclatural notes on misplaced theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with observations on Anelosimus". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 91: 536.
Further reading
edit- Agnarsson, I. (2004). "Morphological phylogeny of cobweb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 141 (4): 447–626.
- Levi, H. W. (1967). "The theridiid spider fauna of Chile". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 136: 1–20.
- Levi, H. W. (1963). "The American spiders of the genus Anelosimus (Araneae, Theridiidae)". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 82: 30–48.
- Nicolet, H. (1849), "Aracnidos", in Gay, C. (ed.), Historia física y política de Chile
External links
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