Helenactyna

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Helenactyna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Helenactyna
Benoit, 1977[1]
Type species
H. crucifera
Species

Helenactyna is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Pierre L.G. Benoit in 1977.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only two species, both from Saint Helena: H. crucifera and H. vicina.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Helenactyna Benoit, 1977". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. ^ Benoit, P. L. G. (1977), "Araignées cribellates", La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV