Althepus (spider)

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Althepus
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Althepus qingyuani
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Psilodercidae
Genus: Althepus
Thorell, 1898 [1]
Species

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Diversity
33 species

Althepus is a genus of spiders in the family Psilodercidae. It was first described in 1898 by Tamerlan Thorell. [2] As of 2019, it contains 60 species, all from Asia. [1] [3]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Althepus Thorell , 1898". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  2. Thorell, T. (1898). "Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXXX. Secondo saggio sui Ragni birmani. II. Retitelariae et Orbitelariae". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 2 (19): 271–378.
  3. Li, Fengyuan; Liu, Chang; Wongprom, Prasit; Li, Shuqiang (2018). "Sixteen new species of the spider genus Althepus Thorell, 1898 (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from Southeast Asia". Zootaxa . 4471 (3): 401–445. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4471.3.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   30313390.