Telema tenella

Telema tenella
Telema tenella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Genus: Telema
Species: T. tenella
Binomial name
Telema tenella
(Simon, 1882)

Telema tenella is a species of spider in the family Telemidae. The species is endemic to the eastern Pyrénées between Spain and France.

Description

Telema tenella has a length of about 1,5 to 2 mm. Being cave-dwelling, it is eyeless. It is also lungless.[1] This spider can live up to sixteen years old, including twelve years as an adult.[2]

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Distribution

Telema tenella is found in the caves of the eastern Pyrénées. In France, it can be found in Pyrénées-Orientales around the Canigou, in Montferrer and La Preste.[2] In Spain, it is found in the province of Girona.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 (French) Entoflorachne, description de l'espèce Telema tenella par André Lopez-Moncet
  2. 1 2 Cárdenas, Fabricio (2014). 66 petites histoires du Pays Catalan [66 Little Stories of Catalan Country] (in French). Perpignan: Ultima Necat. ISBN 978-2-36771-006-8. OCLC 893847466.

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