Clitaetra
Genus of spiders
Clitaetra | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Nephilidae |
Genus: | Clitaetra Simon, 1889[1] |
Species | |
See text | |
Diversity | |
6 species | |
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Clitaetra is a genus of spiders in a family Nephilidae.[1] It occurs in Africa, Madagascar and Sri Lanka, hinting to a Gondwanan origin. a split between Clitaetra and related genera may be as old as 160 million years.[2]
Name
The etymology of the genus name is unknown.[2]
Species
As of August 2023[update], a World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- 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
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Clitaetra Simon, 1889", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2023-08-23
- ^ a b Kuntner, M. 2006. Phylogenetic systematics of a Gondwanan nephilid spider lineage Clitaetrinae (Araneae, Nephilidae). Zoologica Scripta 35(1):19-62. PDF Archived 2006-09-28 at the Wayback Machine