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Holmelgonia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Holmelgonia Jocqué & Scharff, 2007
Type species
H. nemoralis (Holm, 1962)
Species
17, see text

Holmelgonia is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Jocqué & N. Scharff in 2007.

Species

As of May 2019 it contains seventeen species, found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Middle Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda:

• Holmelgonia afromontana Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
• Holmelgonia annemetteae (Scharff, 1990) – Tanzania
• Holmelgonia annulata (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
• Holmelgonia basalis (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
• Holmelgonia bosnasutus Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
• Holmelgonia brachystegiae (Jocqué, 1981) – Malawi
• Holmelgonia disconveniens Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
• Holmelgonia falciformis (Scharff, 1990) – Tanzania
• Holmelgonia hirsuta (Miller, 1970) – Angola
• Holmelgonia holmi (Miller, 1970) – Cameroon, Congo
• Holmelgonia limpida (Miller, 1970) – Angola
• Holmelgonia nemoralis (Holm, 1962) (type) – Congo, Uganda, Kenya
• Holmelgonia perturbatrix (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
• Holmelgonia producta (Bosmans, 1988) – Cameroon
• Holmelgonia projecta (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
• Holmelgonia rungwensis (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
• Holmelgonia stoltzei (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (A–H)

References

1. ^ "Gen. Holmelgonia Jocqué & Scharff, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
2. Jocqué, R.; Scharff, N. (2007). Holmelgonia.

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