Nopalityna
| Nopalityna | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Dictynidae |
| Genus: | Nopalityna Cala-Riquelme & Esposito, 2025[1] |
| Type species | |
| Theridion sublatum Hentz, 1850 | |
| Species | |
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6, see text | |
Nopalityna is a genus of spiders in the family Dictynidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Nopalityna occurs in North America, with species distributed across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.[2]
Description
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Etymology
[edit]The genus name is a combination of nopalito, a Mexican dish made from diced nopales (the stems of prickly pair cactuses), and the ending -yna, in this case referring to the genus Emblyna, where the type species was originally placed.[1]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes six species:[2]
- Nopalityna francisca (Bishop & Ruderman, 1946) – United States
- Nopalityna jonesae (Roewer, 1955) – Canada, United States
- Nopalityna orbiculata (Jones, 1947) – United States
- Nopalityna sublata (Hentz, 1850) – Canada, United States, Mexico (type species)
- Nopalityna suprenans (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) – United States
- Nopalityna uintana (Chamberlin, 1919) – United States
References
[edit]- 1 2 Montana, K. O.; Cala-Riquelme, F.; Crews, S. C.; Gorneau, J. A.; Al-Jamal, A. M.; Alequín, L. D.; Spagna, J. C.; Ballarin, F.; Esposito, L. A. (2025). "Tailor's drawer no more: a reappraisal of the spider family Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 sensu lato". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (2) zlaf007: 1–97. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf007.
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Nopalityna Cala-Riquelme & Esposito, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
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