Calamoneta

Calamoneta is a genus of southeastern Asian spiders within the family Cheiracanthiidae. It was originally placed in the Miturgidae, but it was moved by Ramírez in 2014.[2] It was named and first described by Christa Deeleman-Reinhold in 2001. The name is derived from the Greek "kalamos", meaning "something woven".[3] There are two species in this genus, C. djojosudharmoi – the type species – and C. urata.[1]

Calamoneta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cheiracanthiidae
Genus: Calamoneta
Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001[1]
Species[1]
  • Calamoneta djojosudharmoi Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001
  • Calamoneta urata Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001

Description

These spiders are thin and green, commonly found on the undersides of leaves. They are found in parts of Sumatra, Java, and northern Queensland. The legs are long and thin. There is a small window before the coxa, and the trochanters do not have any notches. A round depression is in the place of the thoracic groove. In males, the chelicerae are longer and projected. Spiders of this genus can be distinguished from other spiders of the family by the absence notches in the trochanters, the absence of a cymbial spur in males, and the absence of an epigynal window in females.[3]

References
  1. "Gen. Calamoneta Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  2. Ramírez, M.J. (2014). "The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 390: 4.
  3. Deeleman-Reinhold, C.L. (2001). Forest spiders of South East Asia: with a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae and Trochanterriidae [sic]).


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