Emertonella is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1945.
Species it contains five species, found in Asia, Mexico, the United States, Papua New Guinea, and Argentina: Emertonella emertoni (Bryant, 1933) (type) – USA, Mexico Emertonella hainanica Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China Emertonella serrulata Gao & Li, 2014 – China Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886) – USA to Argentina. Introduced to India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan (Ryukyu Is.), New Guinea Emertonella trachypa Gao & Li, 2014 – China
In synonymy: E. dentata = Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886) E. floricola = Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886) E. georgiana = Emertonella emertoni (Bryant, 1933) E. nigripes = Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886) E. rosascostai = Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886)
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