| Selkirkiella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Selkirkiella Berland, 1924 [1] |
| Type species | |
| S. alboguttata Berland, 1924 | |
| Species | |
8, see text | |
Selkirkiella is a genus of South American comb-footed spiders that was first described by Lucien Berland in 1924. [2] Originally placed with the Araneidae, [2] it was transferred to the comb-footed spiders in 1972. [3]
As of June 2020 [update] it contains eight species, found in Chile, Argentina, and on the Falkland Islands: [1]
In synonymy: