| Pritha garfieldi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Filistatidae |
| Genus: | Pritha |
| Species: | P. garfieldi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pritha garfieldi | |
Pritha garfieldi is a species of araneomorph spiders in the family Filistatidae. [1]
This species is endemic to Tehran Province, Iran. [2]
The male holotype measured 2.37 mm and the female paratype measured 4.48 mm. [2]
This species was named after British-American actor Andrew Garfield, who has played the role of comic book superhero Spider-Man in two movies. [2]
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Hersiliidae is a tropical and subtropical family of spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869, which are commonly known as tree trunk spiders. They have two prominent spinnerets that are almost as long as their abdomen, earning them another nickname, the "two-tailed spiders". They range in size from 10 to 18 mm long. Rather than using a web that captures prey directly, they lay a light coating of threads over an area of tree bark and wait for an insect to stray onto the patch. When this happens, they encircle their spinnerets around their prey while casting silk on it. When the insect is immobilized, they can bite it through the shroud.
Araniella is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1942.
Filistata is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810.
Pritha is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.
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Sahastata is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pierre L.G. Benoit in 1968.
Zaitunia is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.
Alireza Zamani is an Iranian arachnologist and taxonomist.
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Iranotricha is a genus of ground spiders containing the single species, Iranotricha lutensis. It was first described by Alireza Zamani & Yuri M. Marusik in 2018, and is only found in the Lut Desert, Iran.
Scytodes kumonga is a species of spider in the Scytodidae family native to Iran. It was described in 2020. The specific name kumonga refers to the spider kaiju Kumonga, a recurring monster in the Godzilla franchise by Toho which can spit silk in a similar manner to spitting spiders to ensnare opponents, whose name in turn is derived from the Japanese word for 'spider', kumo (クモ). Kumonga's binomial name in Godzilla Singular Point, Kumonga scytodes, pays homage to this species.
Ecurobius is a monotypic genus of Middle Eastern tangled nest spiders containing the single species, Ecurobius parthicus. It was first described by Alireza Zamani and Yuri M. Marusik in 2021, and it has only been found in Iran.
Persiscape is a genus of funnel weavers first described by Alireza Zamani and Yuri M. Marusik in 2020.
Zagrotes is a genus of Iranian ground spiders, first described by Alireza Zamani, Maria Chatzaki, Sergei L. Esyunin and Yuri M. Marusik in 2021.
Yuri Mikhailovitch Marusik is a Russian arachnologist.
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