Kilima
Genus of spiders
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Kilima is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by M. Grasshoff in 1970.[2] As of April 2019[update] it contains three species.[1]
| Kilima | |
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| Female K. decens | |
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| Female K. decens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Kilima Grasshoff, 1970[1] |
| Type species | |
| K. decens (Blackwall, 1866) | |
| Species | |
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Description
Total length of females and males is 7-9 mm. The carapace is elongate with dark median longitudinal band. The abdomen has a narrow orange band bordered by a thin band that varies from white to brown followed by a broader dark brown band with scalloped edge. The legs are similar to the carapace in colour. The genus resembles the grassland species Neoscona moreli, but in this genus the abdominal longitudinal bands are in almost a straight line.[3]
Species
As of September 2025[update], this genus includes three species:[1]
- Kilima conspersa Grasshoff, 1970 – DR Congo
- Kilima decens (Blackwall, 1866) – Central, East, Southern Africa, Seychelles (type species)
- Kilima griseovariegata (Tullgren, 1910) – Central, East Africa, Yemen
