''Thunberga'' is a
genus of east African
huntsman spiders. The genus was first described by
Peter Jäger Peter Jäger is a German people, German arachnologist, and current Head of Arachnology at the Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, Germany.
He has named several spiders after celebrities; ...
in 2020,
and it has only been found on
Madagascar and on
Mayotte.
It is named after the environmental activist
Greta Thunberg.
Species
it contains twenty nine species:
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T. aliena''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. befotaka''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. boyanslat''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. cala''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. conductor''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. daraina''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. elongata''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. gosura''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. greta''
Jäger, 2020 – Madagascar
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T. jaervii''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. jyoti''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. mafira''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. malagassa''
(Strand, 1907) – Madagascar
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T. malala''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. mama''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. matoma''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. milloti''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. nossibeensis''
(Strand, 1907) (
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) – Madagascar
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T. panusilem''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. paulyi''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. platnicki''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. rothorum''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. rugosa''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. samsagala''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. septifera''
(Strand, 1908) – Madagascar
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T. soruag''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. v-insignita''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
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T. wasserthali''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar, Mayotte
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T. woodae''
Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar
See also
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Olios''
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Rhitymna
''Rhitymna'' is a genus of huntsman spiders described in 1897 by Eugène Simon. Members of this genus can be distinguished by a number of characteristics, but it is most often confused with Olios species, many of which also have the Y-shaped ...
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List of Sparassidae species
References
Further reading
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Sparassidae genera
Spiders of Africa
Greta Thunberg
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