Alaranea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Cyatholipidae
Genus: Alaranea
Species:
Name

Alaranea

References
Links

BHL bibliography
Alaranea – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Alaranea.
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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Alaranea is a genus of East African araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1997.[2]
Species

As of April 2019 it contains four species, all found in Madagascar:[1]

Alaranea alba Griswold, 1997 – Madagascar
Alaranea ardua Griswold, 1997 – Madagascar
Alaranea betsileo Griswold, 1997 – Madagascar
Alaranea merina Griswold, 1997 (type) – Madagascar

References

"Gen. Alaranea Griswold, 1997". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
Griswold, C. E. (1997). "The spider family Cyatholipidae in Madagascar (Araneae, Araneoidea)". Journal of Arachnology. 25: 53–83.