Kintaqa

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Kintaqa is a genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders erected in 2018 for five species moved from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study.[1] They are medium-sized spiders, distinguished by their unique enlarged shape of fourth segment of pedipalps.[2]

CalapnitaPanjange clade
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
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Kintaqa
Kintaqa satun
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Kintaqa
Huber, 2018[1]
Type species
Pholcus buatong
(Huber, 2016)
Species

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The name honors the Kintaq, a Thai ethnic group.[2]

Species

As of April 2022 it contains five species:[1]

  • K. buatong (Huber, 2016) (type) – Thailand
  • K. fuza (Yao & Li, 2017) – Thailand
  • K. mueangensis (Yao & Li, 2017) – Thailand
  • K. satun (Huber, 2011) – Thailand, Malaysia
  • K. schwendingeri (Huber, 2011) – Thailand

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