Cangoderces

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Cangoderces
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Telemidae
Genus: Cangoderces
Harington, 1951 [1]
Type species
C. lewisi
Harington, 1951
Species

6, see text

Cangoderces is a genus of African long-legged cave spiders that was first described by Harington in 1951. [2]

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Species

As of September 2019 it contains six species, found in Africa: [1]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Cangoderces Harington, 1951". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  2. Harington, J. S. (1951). "A new leptonetid spider, Cangoderces lewisi, n. gen., n. sp., from the Cango Caves, Oudtshoorn". Annals of the Natal Museum. 12: 81–90.