Linga orqueta

Linga orqueta is a species of spiders in the family Linyphiidae. It was first described in 2013 by Lavery and Snazell. As of 2017, it is the sole species in the genus Linga. It is found in the Falkland Islands.[1]

Linga orqueta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Linga
Lavery & Snazell, 2013[1]
Species:
L. orqueta
Binomial name
Linga orqueta
Lavery & Snazell, 2013[1]

The genus name appears to be invalid, as it is a junior homonym of the bivalve genus Linga De Gregorio, 1884.[2][3]

References

  1. "Gen. Linga Lavery & Snazell, 2013". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  2. As listed in, for example, Amano, K.; Jenkins, R.G. & Hikida, Y. (2007). "A New Gigantic Nucinella (Bivalvia: Solemyoida) from the Cretaceous Cold-seep Deposit in Hokkaido, Northern Japan". The Veliger. 49 (2): 84–90. Retrieved 2019-04-15. p. 87
  3. De Gregorio, Antonio (1884). "Intorno ad alcuni nomi di conchiglie linneane". Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana (in Italian). 10: 33–288. p. 217


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