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Anelosimus terraincognita

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Family
  
Theridiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Araneae

Genus
  
Anelosimus

Similar
  
Anelosimus studiosus, Anelosimus eximius, Anelosimus, Theridiidae

Anelosimus terraincognita is a species of spider discovered in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, with no associated information as to its collector or location of discovery. Males have a corkscrew-shaped embolus, which is a characteristic unique to Australasian species within the Anelosimus genus. It is known only from the holotype specimen, which has a total length of 2.2 millimetres (0.087 in). It is named for the cartographic Latin phrase terra incognita, meaning unknown land.

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Anelosimus terraincognita Wikipedia