Achaearanea Propera
''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many other species. '' A. veruculata'' and many more species were moved to genus '' Cryptachaea'' in 2008. Others were moved to the revived '' Henziectypus''. The genus was thus reduced from about 150 species to about 22 species during major revisions. Possibly even more species should be transferred to other genera. Description This genus includes small and large theridiids. The legs are medium long, with spines and usually many hairs. Their web is an irregular network of threads, usually in a sheltered place. Distribution Species are found around the world, with several species from South America, China and Korea, India, Australia and Africa. Some species are endemic to several small islands. Species it contains twenty-eight species, found i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Embrik Strand
Embrik Strand (2 June 1876 – 3 November 1947) was an entomologist and arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species including the greenbottle blue tarantula. Life and career Strand was born in Ål, Norway. He studied at the University of Kristiania (now University of Oslo). Around 1900 he focused on collecting insect specimens from Norway. These are now deposited at the university's museum, where he worked as a curator from 1901 to 1903. After studying at the University of Oslo Strand traveled in Norway from 1898 to 1903 collecting a great number of insects. For part of this time (1901–1903) he was a conservator in the museum of zoology of the university. He then left for Germany where he continued his studies of zoology at the University of Marburg (1903), then he worked with State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart (1905) and, later, that of Tübingen and then with Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt. From 1907, he worked with Natural History Museum, Ber ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Achaearanea Disparata
''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many other species. '' A. veruculata'' and many more species were moved to genus '' Cryptachaea'' in 2008. Others were moved to the revived '' Henziectypus''. The genus was thus reduced from about 150 species to about 22 species during major revisions. Possibly even more species should be transferred to other genera. Description This genus includes small and large theridiids. The legs are medium long, with spines and usually many hairs. Their web is an irregular network of threads, usually in a sheltered place. Distribution Species are found around the world, with several species from South America, China and Korea, India, Australia and Africa. Some species are endemic to several small islands. Species it contains twenty-eight species, found i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Achaearanea Diglipuriensis
''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many other species. '' A. veruculata'' and many more species were moved to genus '' Cryptachaea'' in 2008. Others were moved to the revived '' Henziectypus''. The genus was thus reduced from about 150 species to about 22 species during major revisions. Possibly even more species should be transferred to other genera. Description This genus includes small and large theridiids. The legs are medium long, with spines and usually many hairs. Their web is an irregular network of threads, usually in a sheltered place. Distribution Species are found around the world, with several species from South America, China and Korea, India, Australia and Africa. Some species are endemic to several small islands. Species it contains twenty-eight species, found i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Achaearanea Coilioducta
''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many other species. '' A. veruculata'' and many more species were moved to genus '' Cryptachaea'' in 2008. Others were moved to the revived '' Henziectypus''. The genus was thus reduced from about 150 species to about 22 species during major revisions. Possibly even more species should be transferred to other genera. Description This genus includes small and large theridiids. The legs are medium long, with spines and usually many hairs. Their web is an irregular network of threads, usually in a sheltered place. Distribution Species are found around the world, with several species from South America, China and Korea, India, Australia and Africa. Some species are endemic to several small islands. Species it contains twenty-eight species, found i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Achaearanea Budana
''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many other species. '' A. veruculata'' and many more species were moved to genus '' Cryptachaea'' in 2008. Others were moved to the revived '' Henziectypus''. The genus was thus reduced from about 150 species to about 22 species during major revisions. Possibly even more species should be transferred to other genera. Description This genus includes small and large theridiids. The legs are medium long, with spines and usually many hairs. Their web is an irregular network of threads, usually in a sheltered place. Distribution Species are found around the world, with several species from South America, China and Korea, India, Australia and Africa. Some species are endemic to several small islands. Species it contains twenty-eight species, found i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Achaearanea Biarclata
''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many other species. '' A. veruculata'' and many more species were moved to genus '' Cryptachaea'' in 2008. Others were moved to the revived '' Henziectypus''. The genus was thus reduced from about 150 species to about 22 species during major revisions. Possibly even more species should be transferred to other genera. Description This genus includes small and large theridiids. The legs are medium long, with spines and usually many hairs. Their web is an irregular network of threads, usually in a sheltered place. Distribution Species are found around the world, with several species from South America, China and Korea, India, Australia and Africa. Some species are endemic to several small islands. Species it contains twenty-eight species, found i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Achaearanea Baltoformis
''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many other species. '' A. veruculata'' and many more species were moved to genus '' Cryptachaea'' in 2008. Others were moved to the revived '' Henziectypus''. The genus was thus reduced from about 150 species to about 22 species during major revisions. Possibly even more species should be transferred to other genera. Description This genus includes small and large theridiids. The legs are medium long, with spines and usually many hairs. Their web is an irregular network of threads, usually in a sheltered place. Distribution Species are found around the world, with several species from South America, China and Korea, India, Australia and Africa. Some species are endemic to several small islands. Species it contains twenty-eight species, found i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Comoros
The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Moroni. The religion of the majority of the population, and the official state religion, is Sunni Islam. As a member of the Arab League, it is the only country in the Arab world which is entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. Comoros proclaimed their independence on July 6, 1975. It is also a member state of the African Union, the ''Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'', the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and the Indian Ocean Commission. The country has three official languages: Chi Comori, French and Arabic. The sovereign state consists of three major islands and numerous smaller islands, all in the volcanic Comoro Islands with the notable exception of Mayotte. Mayotte voted against inde ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Achaearanea Alboinsignita
''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many other species. '' A. veruculata'' and many more species were moved to genus '' Cryptachaea'' in 2008. Others were moved to the revived '' Henziectypus''. The genus was thus reduced from about 150 species to about 22 species during major revisions. Possibly even more species should be transferred to other genera. Description This genus includes small and large theridiids. The legs are medium long, with spines and usually many hairs. Their web is an irregular network of threads, usually in a sheltered place. Distribution Species are found around the world, with several species from South America, China and Korea, India, Australia and Africa. Some species are endemic to several small islands. Species it contains twenty-eight species, found i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States. It is located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately southeast of Miami, Florida, between the Dominican Republic and the United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such as Isla de Mona, Mona, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra, and Vieques, Puerto Rico, Vieques. It has roughly 3.2 million residents, and its Capital city, capital and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, most populous city is San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan. Spanish language, Spanish and English language, English are the official languages of the executive branch of government, though Spanish predominates. Puerto Rico ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocco. They are the southernmost of the autonomous communities of Spain. The islands have a population of 2.2 million people and they are the most populous special territory of the European Union. The seven main islands are (from largest to smallest in area) Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, and El Hierro. The archipelago includes many smaller islands and islets, including La Graciosa, Alegranza, Isla de Lobos, Montaña Clara, Roque del Oeste, and Roque del Este. It also includes a number of rocks, including those of Salmor, Fasnia, Bonanza, Garachico, and Anaga. In ancient times, the island chain was often referred to as "the Fortunate Isles". The Canary Islands are the southernmost region of Spain, and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |