Frontinella
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Frontinella
| image = Male_Frontinella_pyramitela.jpg
| image_caption = Male bowl and doily spider(F. communis)
| authority = F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902
| type_species = F. laeta
| type_species_authority = (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 9, see text
}}
Frontinella is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1902.{{citation| last=Pickard-Cambridge| first=F. O.| year=1902| contribution=Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones| title=Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology| author-link=Frederick_Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge}}
Species
{{as of|2019|05}} it contains nine species and one subspecies, found in China, El Salvador, Mexico, and the United States:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Frontinella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-06-14| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1315| doi=10.24436/2}}
- Frontinella bella Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
- Frontinella huachuca Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – USA, Mexico
- Frontinella h. benevola Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – Mexico, Arizona{{cite web| title=Genus Frontinella| publisher=BugGuide| access-date=2019-06-14| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/2013}}
- Frontinella hubeiensis Li & Song, 1993 – China
- Frontinella laeta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) (type) – Mexico
- Frontinella omega Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador
- Frontinella potosia Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – Mexico
- Frontinella pyramitela (Walckenaer, 1841) – North, Central America
- Frontinella tibialis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Mexico
- Frontinella zhui Li & Song, 1993 – China
See also
References
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Category:Spiders of North America
Category:Taxa named by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
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