Biology:Theoa

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Theoa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Theoa
Saaristo, 1995[1]
Type species
T. tricaudata
(Locket, 1982)
Species

6, see text

Theoa is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo in 1995.[2]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains six species, found in Asia and on the Seychelles:[1]

  • Theoa elegans Tanasevitch, 2014 – China, Thailand
  • Theoa hamata Tanasevitch, 2014 – Thailand, Laos, Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Theoa longicrusa Tanasevitch, 2014 – Thailand
  • Theoa malaya Tanasevitch, 2017 – Malaysia (mainland)
  • Theoa tricaudata (Locket, 1982) (type) – Seychelles, Thailand, Malaysia (mainland)
  • Theoa vesica Zhao & Li, 2014 – China

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Theoa Saaristo, 1995. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1670. Retrieved 2019-06-24. 
  2. Saaristo, M. I. (1995). "Linyphiid spiders of the granitic islands of Seychelles (Araneae, Linyphiidae)". Phelsuma 3: 41–52. 

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