Alaranea
Genus of spiders
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Alaranea is a genus of East African araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1997.[2]
| Alaranea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
| Species | |
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4, see text | |
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
