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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Lygarina Simon, 1894 |
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| L. nitida Simon, 1894 | |
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Lygarina is a genus of South American dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.
Species
As of May 2019 it contains five species, found in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela:
- Lygarina aurantiaca (Simon, 1905) – Argentina
- Lygarina caracasana Simon, 1894 – Venezuela
- Lygarina finitima Millidge, 1991 – Peru
- Lygarina nitida Simon, 1894 (type) – Brazil
- Lygarina silvicola Millidge, 1991 – Brazil
See also
References
- ^ Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Lygarina Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ Miller, J. A. (2007). "Review of erigonine spider genera in the Neotropics (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Erigoninae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 149: 96. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00233.x.
- Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
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