Hoplolathys

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Hoplolathys
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Hoplolathys
Caporiacco, 1947 [1]
Species:
H. aethiopica
Binomial name
Hoplolathys aethiopica
Caporiacco, 1947

Hoplolathys is a monotypic genus of East African cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae containing the single species, Hoplolathys aethiopica. It was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1947, [2] and has only been found in Ethiopia. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Hoplolathys Caporiacco, 1947". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. Caporiacco, L. di (1947). "Arachnida Africae Orientalis, a dominibus Kittenberger, Kovács et Bornemisza lecta, in Museo Nationali Hungarico servata". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 40: 97–257.