''Pritha'' 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
crevice weavers that was first described by
Pekka T. Lehtinen
Pekka T. Lehtinen (born 1934) is a Finnish arachnology, arachnologist and taxonomy (biology), taxonomist. He is known for his works in systematics and for the many expeditions in which he has participated.
Biography
Lehtinen was born on 5 April ...
in 1967.
Species
it contains nineteen species found in
Asia
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and
Europe
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:
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Pritha albimaculata''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...
, 1872) – Israel
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Pritha ampulla''
Wang, 1987 – China
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Pritha beijingensis''
Song, 1986 – China
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Pritha condita''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – Azores, St. Helena
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Pritha crosbyi''
(Spassky, 1938) – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
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Pritha debilis''
(Simon, 1911) – Algeria
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Pritha dharmakumarsinhjii''
Patel, 1978 – India
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Pritha garfieldi''
Marusik & Zamani, 2015 – Iran
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Pritha hirsuta''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Israel
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Pritha nana''
(Simon, 1868) (
type) – Mediterranean, India
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Pritha napadensis''
(Patel, 1975) – India
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Pritha pallida''
( Kulczyński, 1897) – Madeira, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Greece, Georgia
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Pritha parva''
Legittimo, Simeon, Di Pompeo & Kulczycki, 2017 – France, Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria
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Pritha poonaensis''
( Tikader, 1963) – India
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Pritha sagittata''
Legittimo, Simeon, Di Pompeo & Kulczycki, 2017 – Italy, Switzerland, Croatia
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Pritha spinula''
Wang, 1987 – China
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Pritha tenuispina''
(Strand
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, 1914) – Israel
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Pritha vestita''
(Simon, 1873) – France (Corsica), Bulgaria
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Pritha zebrata''
( Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar
References
Araneomorphae genera
Filistatidae
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen
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