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Malthonica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraorder
  
Araneomorphae

Scientific name
  
Malthonica

Higher classification
  
Agelenidae

Order
  
Spider

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Family
  
Agelenidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Tegenaria ferruginea, Agelenidae, Tegenaria silvestris, Arachnid, Tegenaria

Malthonica (Mediterranean grass spiders) is a genus of spiders in the family Agelenidae. Most of the species formerly placed in this genus were transferred to Aterigena and Tegenaria in 2010, leaving only seven species as of October 2016.

Species

As of October 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

  • Malthonica africana Simon & Fage, 1922 – East Africa
  • Malthonica daedali Brignoli, 1980 – Crete
  • Malthonica lusitanica Simon, 1898 (type species) – Portugal to France
  • Malthonica minoa (Brignoli, 1976) – Crete
  • Malthonica oceanica Barrientos & Cardoso, 2007 – Portugal
  • Malthonica paraschiae Brignoli, 1984 – Greece
  • Malthonica spinipalpis Deltshev, 1990 – Greece
  • References

    Malthonica Wikipedia