Biology:Alaranea

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Alaranea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cyatholipidae
Genus: Alaranea
Griswold, 1997[1]
Type species
A. merina
Griswold, 1997
Species

4, see text

Alaranea is a genus of East African araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1997.[2]

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains four species, all found in Madagascar :[1]

  • Alaranea alba Griswold, 1997 – Madagascar
  • Alaranea ardua Griswold, 1997 – Madagascar
  • Alaranea betsileo Griswold, 1997 – Madagascar
  • Alaranea merina Griswold, 1997 (type) – Madagascar

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Alaranea Griswold, 1997. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/657. Retrieved 2019-05-30. 
  2. Griswold, C. E. (1997). "The spider family Cyatholipidae in Madagascar (Araneae, Araneoidea).". Journal of Arachnology 25: 53–83. 

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