''Malthonica'' 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
funnel weavers first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...
in 1898.
Many of its species were transferred to ''
Aterigena'' and ''
Tegenaria
''Tegenaria'' is a genus of fast-running funnel weavers that occupy much of the Northern Hemisphere except for Japan and Indonesia. It was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804, though many of its species have been moved elsewhere. ...
'' in 2010.
Species
it contains seven species:
*''
Malthonica africana''
Simon & Fage, 1922 – East Africa
*''
Malthonica daedali''
Brignoli, 1980 – Greece (Crete)
*''
Malthonica lusitanica''
Simon, 1898 – Portugal to France
*''
Malthonica minoa''
(Brignoli, 1976) – Greece (Crete)
*''
Malthonica oceanica''
Barrientos & Cardoso, 2007 – Portugal
*''
Malthonica paraschiae''
Brignoli, 1984 – Greece
*''
Malthonica spinipalpis''
Deltshev, 1990 – Greece
References
External links
Agelenidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Africa
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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