''Charminus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
nursery web spiders that was first described by
Tamerlan Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist.
Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Oc ...
in 1899.
Species
it contains nine species and one subspecies, found only in Africa:
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Charminus aethiopicus''
( Caporiacco, 1939) – Ethiopia, Kenya
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Charminus ambiguus''
(Lessert, 1925) – East, Southern Africa
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Charminus a. concolor''
(Caporiacco, 1947) – East Africa
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Charminus atomarius''
(Lawrence, 1942) – Central, East, Southern Africa
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Charminus bifidus''
Blandin, 1978 – Rwanda
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Charminus camerunensis''
Thorell, 1899 (
type) – West, Central Africa
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Charminus marfieldi''
( Roewer, 1955) – West, Central Africa
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Charminus minor
''Charminus'' is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist.
Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the ...
''
(Lessert, 1928) – Ivory Coast, Congo
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Charminus natalensis
''Charminus'' is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1899.
Species
it contains nine species and one subspecies, found only in Africa:
*'' Charminus aethiopicus'' ( Caporiacco, 1939) – Ethiopia, Kenya ...
''
(Lawrence, 1947) – South Africa
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Charminus rotundus
''Charminus'' is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1899.
Species
it contains nine species and one subspecies, found only in Africa:
*'' Charminus aethiopicus'' ( Caporiacco, 1939) – Ethiopia, Kenya ...
''
Blandin, 1978 – Congo
See also
*
List of Pisauridae species
References
Araneomorphae genera
Pisauridae
Spiders of Africa
Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell
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