Quamtana
Genus of spiders
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Quamtana is a genus of African cellar spiders known as African spotted cellar spiders, that was first described by Bernhard A. Huber in 2003.[2]
| African spotted cellar spiders Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| female Q. entabeni with egg sac | |
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| Q. mabusai | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Quamtana Huber, 2003[1] |
| Type species | |
| Q. merwei Huber, 2003 | |
| Species | |
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26, see text | |
All described species are found in Africa, with most of them endemic to South Africa.[1]
Species
Q. entabeni
Q. mabusai
Q. hectori
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As of October 2025[update], this genus includes 26 species:[1]
- Quamtana biena Huber, 2003 – Rep. Congo
- Quamtana bonamanzi Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Quamtana ciliata (Lawrence, 1938) – South Africa
- Quamtana embuleni Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Quamtana entabeni Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Quamtana filmeri Huber, 2003 – South Africa, Lesotho
- Quamtana hectori Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Quamtana kabale Huber, 2003 – Uganda
- Quamtana kitahurira Huber, 2003 – Guinea, Angola, Uganda, Burundi, DR Congo
- Quamtana knysna Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Quamtana lajuma Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Quamtana leleupi Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Quamtana leptopholcica (Strand, 1909) – South Africa
- Quamtana lotzi Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Quamtana mabusai Huber, 2003 – South Africa, Eswatini
- Quamtana mbaba Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Quamtana merwei Huber, 2003 – South Africa (type species)
- Quamtana meyeri Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Quamtana molimo Huber, 2003 – Lesotho
- Quamtana nandi Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Quamtana nyahururu Huber & Warui, 2012 – Kenya, Tanzania
- Quamtana nylsvley Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Quamtana oku Huber, 2003 – Cameroon
- Quamtana tsui Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Quamtana umzinto Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Quamtana vidal Huber, 2003 – South Africa
