Malthonica

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Malthonica is a genus of funnel weavers first described by Eugène Simon in 1898.[2] Many of its species were transferred to Aterigena and Tegenaria in 2010.[3]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
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Malthonica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Malthonica
Simon, 1898[1]
Type species
M. lusitanica
Simon, 1898
Species

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Species

As of May 2024 it contains four species:[1]

  • Malthonica africana Simon & Fage, 1922 – East Africa
  • Malthonica daedali Brignoli, 1980 – Greece (Crete)
  • Malthonica lusitanica Simon, 1898 – Portugal to France
  • Malthonica oceanica Barrientos & Cardoso, 2007 – Portugal

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