''Artema'' is a
genus
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of
cellar spiders that was first described by
Charles Athanase Walckenaer
Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852) was a French civil servant and scientist.
Biography
Walckenaer was born in Paris and studied at the universities of University of Oxford, Oxford and University of Glasgow ...
in 1837.
Species
it contains twelve species, found in Africa, Asia,
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, and
Turkey
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:
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Artema atlanta''
Walckenaer, 1837 (
type) – Northern Africa and Middle East. Introduced elsewhere (mainly tropical and subtropical regions)
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Artema bahla
''Artema'' is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.
Species
it contains twelve species, found in Africa, Asia, Greece, and Turkey:
*'' Artema atlanta'' Walckenaer, 1837 ( type) – Northern ...
''
Huber, 2019 – Oman
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Artema bunkpurugu
''Artema'' is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.
Species
it contains twelve species, found in Africa, Asia, Greece, and Turkey:
*'' Artema atlanta'' Walckenaer, 1837 ( type) – Northern ...
''
Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – West Africa
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Artema dhofar
''Artema'' is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.
Species
it contains twelve species, found in Africa, Asia, Greece, and Turkey:
*'' Artema atlanta'' Walckenaer, 1837 ( type) – Northern ...
''
Huber, 2019 – Oman
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Artema doriae
''Artema'' is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.
Species
it contains twelve species, found in Africa, Asia, Greece, and Turkey:
*'' Artema atlanta'' Walckenaer, 1837 ( type) – Northern ...
''
( Thorell, 1881) – Turkey, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Afghanistan. Introduced: Japan
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Artema ghubrat
''Artema'' is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.
Species
it contains twelve species, found in Africa, Asia, Greece, and Turkey:
*'' Artema atlanta'' Walckenaer, 1837 ( type) – Northern ...
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Huber, 2019 – Oman
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Artema kochi
''Artema'' is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.
Species
it contains twelve species, found in Africa, Asia, Greece, and Turkey:
*'' Artema atlanta'' Walckenaer, 1837 ( type) – Northern ...
''
Kulczyński, 1901 – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, Egypt?
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Artema magna''
Roewer, 1960 – Afghanistan, Pakistan?
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Artema martensi
''Artema'' is a genus of Pholcidae, cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.
Species
it contains twelve species, found in Africa, Asia, Greece, and Turkey:
*''Artema atlanta'' Walckenaer, 1837 (Type speci ...
''
Huber, 2021 – Morocco
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Artema nephilit
''Artema'' is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.
Species
it contains twelve species, found in Africa, Asia, Greece, and Turkey:
*'' Artema atlanta'' Walckenaer, 1837 ( type) – Northern ...
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Aharon, Huber & Gavish-Regev, 2017 – Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Yemen?, United Arab Emirates?
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Artema transcaspica''
Spassky, 1934 – Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
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Artema ziaretana''
(Roewer, 1960) – Afghanistan
See also
*
List of Pholcidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Pholcidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 1820 species in 94 genera:
A ''Aetana''
''Aetana'' Huber, 2005
* '' Aetana abadae'' Huber, 2015 — Philippines
* '' Aetana baga ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Pholcidae
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
Taxa named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer
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