Clitaetra
| Clitaetra | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Nephilidae |
| Genus: | Clitaetra Simon, 1889 |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Diversity | |
| 6 species | |
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Clitaetra is the least known of the four currently recognised nephilid spider genera. It occurs in Africa, Madagascar and Sri Lanka, hinting to a Gondwanan origin. The split between Clitaetra and other nephilids may be as old as 160 million years.[1]
The smallest species (C. thisbe) reaches 3.5 mm in female length, the biggest species can be as long as one centimeter.
Name
The etymology of the genus name is unknown.[1]
Species
- Clitaetra clathrata Simon, 1907 (West Africa)
- Clitaetra episinoides Simon, 1889 (Comoro Is.)
- Clitaetra irenae Kuntner, 2006 (South Africa)
- Clitaetra perroti Simon, 1894 (Madagascar)
- Clitaetra simoni Benoit, 1962 (Congo)
- Clitaetra thisbe Simon, 1903 (Sri Lanka)
References
- 1 2 Kuntner, M. 2006. Phylogenetic systematics of the Gondwanan nephilid spider lineage Clitaetrinae (Araneae, Nephilidae). Zoologica Scripta 35(1):19-62. PDF
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