''Aituaria nataliae'' is the

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of ''

Aituaria ''Aituaria'' is a genus of spiders in the family Nesticidae. It was first described in 1998 by Esyunin & Efimik. , it contains two species, '' Aituaria nataliae'' and '' Aituaria pontica'', the latter of which was transferred from '' Nesticus'' ...

'', a genus of araneomorph

spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...

s of the

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Nesticidae. It occurs in the

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s of the southern

Urals The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through European ...

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Nesticidae Spiders described in 1998 Spiders of Russia {{Araneomorphae-stub