Brigittea

Brigittea
B. civica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Brigittea
Lehtinen, 1967
Type species
B. latens (Fabricius, 1775)
Species

6, see text

Brigittea is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.

Description

The carapace is dark brown with rows of white setae covering it dorsally, while the opisthosoma is oval bearing dense white setae with a dark central area forming a pattern stretching from the anterior border to the spinnerets. Males are slightly smaller than females and have bow-shaped chelicerae.

Species

As of September 2025 it contains six species:

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Brigittea Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  2. ↑ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.
  3. ↑ Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2020). The Dictynidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 8. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6159874. Retrieved 22 September 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.