Walckenaeria

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Walckenaeria

| image = Walckenaeria.acuminata2.-.lindsey.jpg

| image_caption = Walckenaeria acuminata from Commanster, Belgian High Ardennes

| authority = Blackwall, 1833

| type_species = W. acuminata

| type_species_authority = Blackwall, 1833

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 195, see text

| synonyms =

  • Cornicularia Menge, 1869
  • Paragonatium Schenkel, 1927
  • Prosopotheca Simon, 1884
  • Tigellinus Simon, 1884
  • Trachynella Brændegaard, 1932
  • Wideria Simon, 1864

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Walckenaeria is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by John Blackwall in 1833.{{cite journal| last=Blackwall| first=J.| year=1833| title=Characters of some undescribed genera and species of Araneidae| journal=London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science| pages=436–443| volume=3| issue=3| author-link=John_Blackwall}} It is a senior synonym of Paragonatium,{{cite journal| last=Wunderlich| first=J.| year=1974| title=Ein Beitrag zur Synonymie einheimischer Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae)| journal=Zoologische Beiträge| volume=20| page=166}} as well as Wideria, Cornicularia, Prosopotheca, Tigellinus, and Trachynella.{{cite journal| last=Merrett| first=P.| year=1963| title=The palpus of male spiders of the family Linyphiidae| journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London| volume=140| issue=3| page=462| doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01867.x}}

Some males in this group have eyes set up on mounds or turrets. In extreme cases, several eyes are on a stalk taller than the carapace itself.{{Citation needed| date=October 2020}}

Species

{{as of|2020|09}} it contains 195 species and two subspecies:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Walckenaeria Blackwall, 1833| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2020-10-10| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1724| doi=10.24436/2}}

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Formerly included:

  • W. anceps Xu, 1985 (Transferred to Argyrodes)
  • W. anguilliformis Xia, Zhang, Gao, Fei & Kim, 2001 (Transferred to Shaanxinus)
  • W. bella (Paik, 1978) (Transferred to Paikiniana)
  • W. caobangensis Tu & Li, 2004 (Transferred to Nasoona)
  • W. cylindrica Xu, 1994 (Transferred to Paikiniana)
  • W. dentata Zhu & Zhou, 1988 (Transferred to Dactylopisthes)
  • W. imadatei (Oi, 1964) (Transferred to Oia)
  • W. iriei Ono, 2007 (Transferred to Paikiniana)
  • W. kamakuraensis (Oi, 1960) (Transferred to Baryphymula)
  • W. keikoae Saito, 1988 (Transferred to Paikiniana)
  • W. lurida Seo, 1991 (Transferred to Paikiniana)
  • W. mira (Oi, 1960) (Transferred to Paikiniana)
  • W. patagonica Tullgren, 1901 (Transferred to Neomaso)
  • W. pini (Holm, 1950) (Transferred to Baryphyma)
  • W. saitoi Ono, 1991 (Transferred to Ainerigone)
  • W. selma (Chamberlin, 1949) (Transferred to Scylaceus)
  • W. sounkyoensis Saito, 1986 (Transferred to Okhotigone)
  • W. transversa (Crosby, 1905) (Transferred to Tennesseellum)
  • W. vulgaris (Oi, 1960) (Transferred to Paikiniana)
  • W. xui Platnick, 1989 (Transferred to Argyrodes)

Nomina dubia

  • W. bicolor Blackwall, 1841
  • W. dulciacensis (Denis, 1950
  • W. exilis Blackwall, 1853
  • W. fusca Roșca, 1935
  • W. mengei Bösenberg, 1902
  • W. parva Blackwall, 1841
  • W. vafra Blackwall, 1856

See also

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal|last=Millidge|first=A. F.|year=1983|title=The erigonine spiders of North America. Part 6. The genus Walckenaeria Blackwall (Araneae, Linyphiidae)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/220834|journal=Journal of Arachnology|pages=105–200|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library|volume=11}}
  • {{cite journal| last=Wunderlich| first=J.| year=1972| title=Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Walckenaeria Blackwall 1833 unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der europäischen Subgenera und Arten (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiiidae)| journal=Zoologische Beiträge| pages=371–427| volume=18}}
  • {{cite book| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1884| title=Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie| publisher=Roret, Paris| pages=180–885}}
  • {{cite journal| last1=Paquin| first1=P.| last2=Dupérré| first2=N.| year=2003| title=Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec| journal=Fabreries, Supplément| pages=1–251| volume=11}}
  • {{cite book| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1926| title=Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 2e partie| publisher=Roret, Paris| pages=309–532}}