Alaranea
Appearance
Alaranea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Cyatholipidae |
Genus: | Alaranea Griswold, 1997[1] |
Type species | |
A. merina Griswold, 1997
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Species | |
4, see text |
Alaranea is a genus of East African araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1997.[2]
Species
As of April 2019[update] it contains four species, all found in Madagascar:[1]
- Alaranea alba Griswold, 1997 – Madagascar
- Alaranea ardua Griswold, 1997 – Madagascar
- Alaranea betsileo Griswold, 1997 – Madagascar
- Alaranea merina Griswold, 1997 (type) – Madagascar
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Alaranea Griswold, 1997". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ Griswold, C. E. (1997). "The spider family Cyatholipidae in Madagascar (Araneae, Araneoidea)". Journal of Arachnology. 25: 53–83.