Artema
Genus of spiders
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Artema is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.[4]
| Artema | |
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| Artema atlanta | |
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| A. doriae from Iran | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Artema Walckenaer, 1837[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. atlanta Walckenaer, 1837 | |
| Species | |
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12, see text | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Its species are found from West Africa to Pakistan. A. atlanta has been introduced worldwide.[1]
Species
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes twelve species:[1]
- Artema atlanta Walckenaer, 1837 – North Africa, Middle East. Introduced to both Americas, St. Helena, tropical Africa, Britain, Belgium, Greece, Turkey, tropical Asia, China, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Pacific Islands (type species)
- Artema bahla Huber, 2019 – Oman
- Artema bunkpurugu Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – West Africa
- Artema dhofar Huber, 2019 – Oman
- Artema doriae (Thorell, 1881) – Turkey, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan. Introduced to Japan
- Artema ghubrat Huber, 2019 – Oman
- Artema kochi Kulczyński, 1901 – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, Egypt?
- Artema magna Roewer, 1960 – Afghanistan, Pakistan?
- Artema martensi Huber, 2021 – Morocco
- Artema nephilit Aharon, Huber & Gavish-Regev, 2017 – Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Yemen? United Arab Emirates?
- Artema transcaspica Spassky, 1934 – Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- Artema ziaretana (Roewer, 1960) – Afghanistan
