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Kaestneria

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Kaestneria
Female Kaestneria dorsalis in Finland
Male Kaestneria dorsalis in Finland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Kaestneria
Wiehle, 1956[1]
Type species
K. dorsalis
(Wider, 1834)
Species

8, see text

Kaestneria is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by H. Wiehle in 1956.[2]

Species

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As of May 2019 it contains eight species, found in Canada, China, Czech Republic, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, and the United States:[1]

Female Kaestneria pullata

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Kaestneria Wiehle, 1956". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. ^ Wiehle, H. (1956). "Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). 28. Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen". Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. 44: 1–337.