Emertonella

Emertonella is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1945.^[2]

Species

As of May 2020 it contains five species, found in Asia, Mexico, the United States, Papua New Guinea, and Argentina:^[1]

• Emertonella emertoni (Bryant, 1933) (type) – USA, Mexico
• Emertonella hainanica Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
• Emertonella serrulata Gao & Li, 2014 – China
• Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886) – USA to Argentina. Introduced to India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan (Ryukyu Is.), New Guinea
• Emertonella trachypa Gao & Li, 2014 – China

In synonymy:

• E. dentata = Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886)
• E. floricola = Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886)
• E. georgiana = Emertonella emertoni (Bryant, 1933)
• E. nigripes = Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886)
• E. rosascostai = Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886)

See also

• List of Theridiidae species

References