Thunberga
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| Thunberga | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Thunberga Jäger, 2020[1] |
| Type species | |
| Olios nossibeensis (Strand, 1907) | |
| Species | |
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Thunberga is a genus of east African huntsman spiders. The genus was first described by Peter Jäger in 2020,[2] and it has only been found on Madagascar and on Mayotte.[1] It is named after the environmental activist Greta Thunberg.
As of April 2022[update] it contains twenty nine species:[1]
- T. aliena Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. befotaka Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. boyanslat Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. cala Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. conductor Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. daraina Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. elongata Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. gosura Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. greta Jäger, 2020 – Madagascar
- T. jaervii Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. jyoti Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. mafira Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. malagassa (Strand, 1907) – Madagascar
- T. malala Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. mama Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. matoma Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. milloti Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. nossibeensis (Strand, 1907) (type) – Madagascar
- T. panusilem Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. paulyi Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. platnicki Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. rothorum Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. rugosa Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. samsagala Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. septifera (Strand, 1908) – Madagascar
- T. soruag Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. v-insignita Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
- T. wasserthali Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar, Mayotte
- T. woodae Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar