Artema

For the village in Ukraine, see Artema, Stanytsia-Luhanska Raion.

Artema
Artema atlanta
A. doriae from Iran
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pholcidae
Genus:	Artema Walckenaer, 1837 [1]
Type species
A. atlanta Walckenaer, 1837
Species
12, see text
blue: reported countries (WSC)
Synonyms [1]
CoroiaGonzález-Sponga, 2005 [2] Pholciella Roewer, 1960 [3]

Artema is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837. ^[4]

Its species are found from West Africa to Pakistan. A. atlanta has been introduced worldwide. ^[1]

Species

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes twelve species: ^[1]

• Artema atlanta Walckenaer, 1837 – North Africa, Middle East. Introduced to both Americas, St. Helena, tropical Africa, Britain, Belgium, Greece, Turkey, tropical Asia, China, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Pacific Islands (type species)
• Artema bahla Huber, 2019 – Oman
• Artema bunkpurugu Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – West Africa
• Artema dhofar Huber, 2019 – Oman
• Artema doriae (Thorell, 1881) – Turkey, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan. Introduced to Japan
• Artema ghubrat Huber, 2019 – Oman
• Artema kochi Kulczyński, 1901 – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, Egypt?
• Artema magna Roewer, 1960 – Afghanistan, Pakistan?
• Artema martensi Huber, 2021 – Morocco
• Artema nephilit Aharon, Huber & Gavish-Regev, 2017 – Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Yemen? United Arab Emirates?
• Artema transcaspica Spassky, 1934 – Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• Artema ziaretana (Roewer, 1960) – Afghanistan

See also

• List of Pholcidae species

References

1. "Gen. Artema Walckenaer, 1837". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-18.
2. Huber, B. A.; Colmenares, P. A.; Ramírez, M. J. (2014). "Fourteen new generic and ten new specific synonymies in Pholcidae (Araneae), and transfer of Mystes Bristowe to Filistatidae". Zootaxa. 3847 (3): 416. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.5. hdl: 11336/19098 . PMID   25112347.
3. Huber, B. A. (2009). "Four new generic and 14 new specific synonymies in Pholcidae, and transfer of Pholcoides Roewer to Filistatidae (Araneae)". Zootaxa. 1970: 67. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1970.1.3.
4. Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris 1, . pp. 1–682.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Artema at iNaturalist