Biology:Anansi (spider)

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Anansi
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Mimetidae
Genus: Anansi
Benavides & Hormiga, 2017[1]
Type species
A. luki Benavides & Hormiga, 2017
Species
  • (Lawrence, 1938) — South Africa (Thorell, 1899) — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
  • A. luki A. insidiator
  • Benavides & Hormiga, 2017 — DR Congo, Gabon A. natalensis

Anansi is a genus of African pirate spiders first described by L. R. Benavides, G. Giribet & Gustavo Hormiga in 2017.[2] It is named after Anansi, a trickster god of Akan folklore. As of April 2019 it contains only three species.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Anansi Benavides & Hormiga, 2017". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5621. 
  2. ↑ Benavides, L. R.; Giribet, G.; Hormiga, G. (2017). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of "pirate spiders" (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of a new African genus and the first report of maternal care in the family.". Cladistics 33 (4): 375–405. doi:10.1111/cla.12174. PMID 34715733. 

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