Anansus
Appearance
Anansus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Pholcidae |
Genus: | Anansus Huber, 2007[1] |
Type species | |
A. aowin Huber, 2007
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Species | |
5, see text |
Anansus is a genus of African cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2007.[2]
Species
[edit]As of June 2019[update] it contains five species, found only in Africa:[1]
- Anansus aowin Huber, 2007 (type) – Ivory Coast
- Anansus atewa Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – Ghana
- Anansus debakkeri Huber, 2007 – Congo
- Anansus ewe Huber, 2007 – West Africa
- Anansus kamwai Huber, 2014 – Cameroon
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Anansus Huber, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ Huber, B. A. (2007). "Two new genera of small, six-eyed pholcid spiders from West Africa, and first record of Spermophorides for mainland Africa (Araneae: Pholcidae)". Zootaxa. 1635: 23–43.