Metafroneta

Metafroneta is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by A. D. Blest in 1979.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only three species, found in New Zealand: M. minima, M. sinuosa, and M. subversa.[1]

Metafroneta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Metafroneta
Blest, 1979[1]
Type species
M. sinuosa
Blest, 1979
Species
  • M. minima Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
  • M. sinuosa Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
  • M. subversa Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Metafroneta Blest, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  2. Blest, A. D. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 95–173.


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