Lunalithus

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Lunalithus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phrurolithidae
Genus: Lunalithus
Kamura, 2022
Species:
L. luna
Binomial name
Lunalithus luna
(Kamura, 1994)

Lunalithus is a monotypic genus of Phrurolithidae spiders, first described by Takahide Kamura in 2022. [1] Its single species, Lunalithusluna is distributed in Japan. [2]

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References

  1. Kamura, Takahide (2022). "Generic placements of the Japanese species assigned to the genus Otacilia (Araneae: Phrurolithidae), with a description of a new genus". Acta Arachnologica. 71 (2): 135–140. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.71.135 .
  2. "Gen. Lunalithus Kamura, 2022". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 18 February 2023.