Montebello is a monotypic genus of Australian ground spiders containing the single species, Montebello tenuis. It was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1914, who separated the single species from the Liocranidae.[2] It has only been found in Australia.[1]

Montebello tenuis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Montebello
Hogg, 1914[1]
Species:
M. tenuis
Binomial name
Montebello tenuis
Hogg, 1914

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Montebello Hogg, 1914". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. ^ Hogg, H. R. (1914). "Spiders from the Montebello Islands". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 84 (1): 69–92.