Spinestis

Spinestis
Female Spinestis nikita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oonopidae
Genus: Spinestis
Saaristo & Marusik, 2009
Species:
S. nikita
Binomial name
Spinestis nikita
Saaristo & Marusik, 2009

Spinestis is a genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae, which resembles Tapinesthis and Megaoonops. The genus has a single species, Spinestis nikita. These are found to be distributed in and around the southern shores of Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine.

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Spinestis Saaristo & Marusik, 2009", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-02-25
  2. 1 2 Saaristo, M.; Marusik, Yuri (2009). "A new species and genus of oonopid spiders (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Ukraine". ZooKeys (24): 63–74. Bibcode:2009ZooK...24...63S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.24.278.