Khorata

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Khorata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Khorata
Huber, 2005 [1]
Type species
K. khammouan
Huber, 2005
Species

51, see text

Khorata is a genus of Asian cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2005. [2]

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Species

As of July 2022 it contains fifty-one species, found only in Asia: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Khorata Huber, 2005". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  2. Huber, B. A. (2005). "Revision of the genus Spermophora Hentz in Southeast Asia and on the Pacific islands, with descriptions of three new genera (Araneae: Pholcidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 79: 61–114.