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Perenethis

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Perenethis
P. venusta, male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Perenethis
L. Koch, 1878[1]
Type species
P. venusta
L. Koch, 1878
Species

6, see text

Synonyms[1]

Perenethis is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1878.[3]

Species

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As of June 2019 it contains six species, found in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Perenethis L. Koch, 1878". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Sierwald, P. (1997). "Phylogenetic analysis of pisaurine nursery web spiders, with revisions of Tetragonophthalma and Perenethis (Araneae, Lycosoidea, Pisauridae)". Journal of Arachnology. 25: 395.
  3. ^ Koch, L. (1878). Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg 1. pp. 969–1044.