Biology:Cangoderces

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Cangoderces
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Telemidae
Genus: Cangoderces
Harington, 1951[1]
Type species
C. lewisi
Harington, 1951
Species

6, see text

Cangoderces is a genus of African long-legged cave spiders that was first described by Harington in 1951.[2]

Species

(As of September 2019) it contains six species, found in Africa:[1]

  • Cangoderces cameroonensis Baert, 1985 – Cameroon
  • Cangoderces christae Wang & Li, 2011 – Ivory Coast
  • Cangoderces globosa Wang, Li & Haddad, 2018South Africa
  • Cangoderces koupeensis Baert, 1985 – Cameroon
  • Cangoderces lewisi Harington, 1951 (type) – South Africa
  • Cangoderces milani Wang & Li, 2011 – Cameroon

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Cangoderces Harington, 1951. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3223. Retrieved 2019-10-14. 
  2. Harington, J. S. (1951). "A new leptonetid spider, Cangoderces lewisi, n. gen., n. sp., from the Cango Caves, Oudtshoorn". Annals of the Natal Museum 12: 81–90. 

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