Biology:Megalostrata (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Megalostrata
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Megalostrata sp.jpg
Megalostrata sp.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Megalostrata
Karsch, 1880[1]
Type species
M. raptor
(L. Koch, 1866)
Species

4, see text

Megalostrata is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1880.[2]

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains four species:[1]

  • Megalostrata bruneri (Bryant, 1936) – Cuba
  • Megalostrata depicta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895) – Mexico
  • Megalostrata monistica (Chamberlin, 1924) – Mexico
  • Megalostrata raptor (L. Koch, 1866) (type) – Mexico to Panama

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Megalostrata Karsch, 1880. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/555. Retrieved 2019-05-20. 
  2. Karsch, F. (1880). "Arachnologische Blätter (Decas I).". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. Dritte Folge 5: 373–409. 

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