Althepus stonei

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Althepus stonei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Psilodercidae
Genus: Althepus
Species:
A. stonei
Binomial name
Althepus stonei

Althepus stonei is a species of spider of the genus Althepus .

Distribution

The species is endemic to Thailand. [1] It is found in the cave Tham Nam Hua Ru Kua in Muang District in the Mae Hong Son Province and the Chiang Dao District in Chiang Mai Province. [2]

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References

  1. "Althepus stonei Deeleman-Reinhold, 1985". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 : The Ochyroceratidae of the Indo-Pacific region (Araneae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, No. 102, p. 115-123 (texte intégral Archived 2014-02-04 at the Wayback Machine ).