Porrhoclubiona

Porrhoclubiona is a genus of sac spiders that was first described as a subgenus of Clubiona by H. Lohmander in 1944.^[2] Clubiona is a polyphyletic group that has been divided and reorganized many times, and whether this genus is a synonym of Clubiona^[3][4] or an independent genus^[5][6] is still under debate.^[1]

Species

As of October 2019 it contains thirteen species, found in Africa, Europe, and Asia:^[1]

• Porrhoclubiona bosmansi Marusik & Omelko, 2018 – Tajikistan
• Porrhoclubiona decora (Blackwall, 1859) – Madeira, Azores
• Porrhoclubiona diniensis (Simon, 1878) – Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy
• Porrhoclubiona genevensis (L. Koch, 1866) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Iran, Central Asia
• Porrhoclubiona laudata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – China
• Porrhoclubiona leucaspis (Simon, 1932) – Europe, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
• Porrhoclubiona minor (Wunderlich, 1987) – Canary Is.
• Porrhoclubiona moradmandi Marusik & Omelko, 2018 – Iran
• Porrhoclubiona pseudominor (Wunderlich, 1987) – Canary Is.
• Porrhoclubiona pteronetoides (Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001) – Thailand
• Porrhoclubiona vegeta (Simon, 1918) – Canary Is., North Africa, Southern Europe, Caucasus, Iran
• Porrhoclubiona viridula (Ono, 1989) – China, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan (Ryukyu Is.), Indonesia (Lesser Sunda Is.)
• Porrhoclubiona wunderlichi (Mikhailov, 1992) – Mongolia

In synonymy:

• P. baborensis (Denis, 1937) = Porrhoclubiona diniensis (Simon, 1878)
• P. parallelos (Yin, Yan, Gong & Kim, 1996) = Porrhoclubiona viridula (Ono, 1989)
• P. tenerifensis (Wunderlich, 1992, sub Microclubiona) = Porrhoclubiona vegeta (Simon, 1918)

A macro shot of a very tiny spider Porrhoclubiona leucaspis on a fennel flower photographed in April 2022 in Malta

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