Praestigia

Praestigia is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1954.[2]

Praestigia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Praestigia
Millidge, 1954[1]
Type species
P. duffeyi
Millidge, 1954
Species

8, see text

The defining characteristic of Praestigia is a projection issuing from the ocular region in males, which varies in form depending on the species, and bears a cap at its distal end. The cap is composed of a series of interconnected fibers glued to the projection with a waxy substance. The cap itself is easily dislodged and lost, and where it originates from is unclear.[3]

The generic name is a combination of Latin prae, meaning "in front" or "before" and Greek stigios, meaning "an awl," a reference to the above-described projection.[3]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains eight species:[1]

  • Praestigia duffeyi Millidge, 1954 (type) – Europe
  • Praestigia eskovi Marusik, Gnelitsa & Koponen, 2008 – Russia
  • Praestigia groenlandica Holm, 1967 – Canada, Greenland
  • Praestigia kulczynskii Eskov, 1979 – Russia, Japan, Canada
  • Praestigia makarovae Marusik, Gnelitsa & Koponen, 2008 – Russia
  • Praestigia pini (Holm, 1950) – Sweden, Finland, Russia, Mongolia
  • Praestigia sibirica Marusik, Gnelitsa & Koponen, 2008 – Russia, USA (Alaska)
  • Praestigia uralensis Marusik, Gnelitsa & Koponen, 2008 – Russia

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Praestigia Millidge, 1954". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  2. Millidge, A. F. (1954). "On a new species and genus of spider". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (12): 253–256.
  3. Marusik, Yuri M.; Gnelitsa, Valeri A.; Koponen, Seppo (July 2008). "A Survey of Holarctic Linyphiidae (Araneae). 3. A Review of the Genus Praestigia Millidge, 1954". Arachnology. 14 (5): 213–231. doi:10.13156/arac.2008.14.5.213. ISSN 2050-9928.


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