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Malayathele

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Malayathele
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Euagridae
Genus: Malayathele
Schwendinger, 2020[1]
Type species
M. kanching
Schwendinger, 2020
Species

4, see text

Malayathele is a genus of southeast Asian mygalomorph spiders in the family Euagridae. It was first described by Peter J. Schwendinger, C. Lehmann-Graber and K. Hongpadharakiree in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in Malaysia.[1]

Species

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As of December 2021 it contains four species:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Malayathele Schwendinger, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  2. ^ Schwendinger, P. J.; Lehmann-Graber, C.; Hongpadharakiree, K.; et al. (2020). "New euagrid spider species from Thailand and Malaysia, and new localities of Leptothele bencha (Arachnida: Araneae)". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 127 (2): 423–453. doi:10.35929/RSZ.0031. S2CID 225958471.