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Erigone (spider)
Genus of spiders / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Erigone is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Jean Victoire Audouin in 1826.[2] They are carnivorous, preying on small insects such as Psylla and flies.[citation needed] One of the distinctive characters for this genus is the presence of teeth bordering the carapace.[3]
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Erigone | |
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Male Erigone atra | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Linyphiidae |
Subfamily: | Erigoninae |
Genus: | Erigone Audouin, 1826[1] |
Type species | |
E. longipalpis (Sundevall, 1830) | |
Species | |
103, see text |
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