Leviellus

Leviellus
Leviellus stroemi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Leviellus
Wunderlich, 2004
Type species
L. kochi
(Thorell, 1870)
Species

6, see text

Synonyms
  • Stroemiellus Wunderlich, 2004

Leviellus, synonym Stroemiellus, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by J. Wunderlich in 2004.

Species

As of April 2019 it contains six species across Europe and Asia:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Leviellus Wunderlich, 2004". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. ↑ Gregorič, M.; Agnarsson, I.; Blackledge, T. A.; Kuntner, M. (2015). "Phylogenetic position and composition of Zygiellinae and Caerostris, with new insight into orb-web evolution and gigantism". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 175 (2): 240. doi:10.1111/zoj.12281.
  3. ↑ Wunderlich, J. (2004). "The fossil spiders (Araneae) of the families Tetragnathidae and Zygiellidae n. stat. in Baltic and Dominican amber, with notes on higher extant and fossil taxa". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 3: 899–955.