Lessertia (spider)

Lessertia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by F. P. Smith in 1908.^[3] As of May 2019^[update] it contains only two species, both found in Algeria, Canada, Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey: L. barbara and L. dentichelis.^[1]

Lessertia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Lessertia Smith, 1908[1]
Type species
L. dentichelis (Simon, 1884)
Species
L. barbara (Simon, 1884) – Spain, Morocco, Algeria L. dentichelis (Simon, 1884) – Canary Is., Madeira, Europe, Turkey. Introduced to Canada, New Zealand
Synonyms[1]
Scotoneta Simon, 1910[2]

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)