Teranga
Appearance
Teranga | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Pholcidae |
Genus: | Teranga Huber, 2018[1] |
Type species | |
Pholcus kerinci (Huber, 2011)
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Species | |
4, see text |
Teranga is a genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders erected in 2018 for four species transferred from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study of the Calapnita-Panjange clade of Pholcidae.[1] They are medium-sized cellar spiders, averaging 3.5 to 4.5 millimetres (0.14 to 0.18 in) in length, with longer legs, the first pair reaching 30 to 40 millimetres (1.2 to 1.6 in) long. The abdomen is long and thin, with a slight upward bend near the end.[2][3] The name is derived from the Malay "terang", meaning "bright", referring to their light color.[2]
Calapnita‑Panjange clade | |
Species
[edit]As of April 2022[update] it contains four species:[1]
- T. cibodas (Huber, 2011) – Indonesia (Java)
- T. domingo (Huber, 2016) – Philippines
- T. kerinci (Huber, 2011) (type) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- T. matutum (Huber, 2016) – Philippines
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Teranga Huber, 2018". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ^ a b Huber, B. A.; Eberle, J.; Dimitrov, D. (2018). "The phylogeny of pholcid spiders: a critical evaluation of relationships suggested by molecular data (Araneae, Pholcidae)". ZooKeys (789): 51–101. doi:10.3897/zookeys.789.22781. PMC 6193417. PMID 30344435.
- ^ Huber, B. A. (2011). "Revision and cladistic analysis of Pholcus and closely related taxa (Araneae, Pholcidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien. 58: 1–509.
Further reading
[edit]- Huber, B. A.; Koh, J. K. H.; Ghazali, A. R. M.; et al. (2016). "New leaf- and litter-dwelling species of the genus Pholcus from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Pholcidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (200): 1–45. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.200.