Pickardinella

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Pickardinella setigera

| authority = (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903)

| parent_authority = Archer, 1951

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Pickardinella is a monotypic genus of Mexican long-jawed orb-weavers containing the single species, Pickardinella setigera.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Pickardinella Archer, 1951| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-12-01| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3307| doi=10.24436/2}} The species was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge under the name Leucauge setigera,{{citation| last=Pickard-Cambridge| first=F. O.| year=1903| contribution=Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones| title=Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology| author-link=Frederick_Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge}} and was moved to its own genus in 1951.{{cite journal| last=Archer| first=A. F.| year=1951| title=Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae)| journal=American Museum Novitates| pages=1–52| issue=1487| author-link=Allan_Frost_Archer}} Physically, they resemble members of Opadometa and Leucauge. Males are very small, only growing up to about {{convert|2|mm}} long. A female has never been found.

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