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Genus of spiders

Pitharatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Pitharatus
Simon, 1895
Species: P. junghuhni
Binomial name
Pitharatus junghuhni
(Doleschall, 1859)
Synonyms

Epeira junghuhni Doleschall, 1859

Pitharatus is a genus of Southeast Asian orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Pitharatus junghuhni. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1895 to contain the single species moved from the now obsolete "catch-all" genus Epeira. It has only been found in Malaysia and Indonesia.

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Pitharatus Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. Doleschall, C. L. (1859). "Tweede Bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel". Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae. 5: 1–60.
  3. Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
Taxon identifiers
Pitharatus
Pitharatus junghuhni


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