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Helsdingenia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Helsdingenia Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2003
Type species
H. ceylonica (van Helsdingen, 1985)
Species
4, see text

Helsdingenia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 2003. The name is a reference to Dr. P. J van Helsdingen.

They are usually pale colored spiders that grow up to 2.45 millimetres (0.096 in) long. Males are smaller than females, but females are distinguishable by their finger-like extensions in epigyne. There are four pairs of dark spots in an abdominal pattern that are connected to each other, creating two parallel stripes.

Species

As of May 2019 it contains four species, found in Cameroon, Comoros, Indonesia, on Madagascar, Nepal, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka:

• Helsdingenia ceylonica (van Helsdingen, 1985) (type) – Nepal, Sri Lanka
• Helsdingenia extensa (Locket, 1968) – St. Helena, Africa, Madagascar, Comoros
• Helsdingenia hebes (Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980) – Nigeria, Cameroon
• Helsdingenia hebesoides Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2003 – Indonesia (Sumatra)

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (A–H)

References

1. ^ "Gen. Helsdingenia Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2003". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
2. Saaristo, M. I.; Tanasevitch, A. V. (2003). "Helsdingenia gen.n., a new micronetid genus from Old-World tropics (Aranei: Linyphiidae: Micronetinae)". Arthropoda Selecta. 11: 153–158.
3. ^ "Helsdingenia gen.n., a new micronetid from Old World Tropics" (PDF). Arthropoda Selecta. Retrieved 2016-05-06.

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