Clitaetra

Clitaetra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Nephilidae
Genus: Clitaetra
Simon, 1889
Species

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Diversity
6 species

Clitaetra is the least known of the four currently recognised nephilid spider genera. It occurs in Africa, Madagascar and Sri Lanka, hinting to a Gondwanan origin. The split between Clitaetra and other nephilids may be as old as 160 million years.[1]

The smallest species (C. thisbe) reaches 3.5 mm in female length, the biggest species can be as long as one centimeter.

Name

The etymology of the genus name is unknown.[1]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 Kuntner, M. 2006. Phylogenetic systematics of the Gondwanan nephilid spider lineage Clitaetrinae (Araneae, Nephilidae). Zoologica Scripta 35(1):19-62. PDF

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