Anansus

Anansus is a genus of African cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2007.[2]

Anansus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Anansus
Huber, 2007[1]
Type species
A. aowin
Huber, 2007
Species

5, see text

Species

As of June 2019 it contains five species, found only in Africa:[1]

  • Anansus aowin Huber, 2007 (type) – Ivory Coast
  • Anansus atewa Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – Ghana
  • Anansus debakkeri Huber, 2007 – Congo
  • Anansus ewe Huber, 2007 – West Africa
  • Anansus kamwai Huber, 2014 – Cameroon

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Anansus Huber, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. Huber, B. A. (2007). "Two new genera of small, six-eyed pholcid spiders from West Africa, and first record of Spermophorides for mainland Africa (Araneae: Pholcidae)". Zootaxa. 1635: 23–43.


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