Clitaetra

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: Araneidae
Subfamily: Nephilinae
Genus: Clitaetra
Species: C. clathrata – C. episinoides – C. irenae – C. perroti – C. simoni – C. thisbe
Name

Clitaetra Simon, 1889

Type species: Clitaetra episinoides Simon, 1889
References

Dimitrov, D. , S.P. Benjamin & G. Hormiga, 2009 : A revised phylogenetic analysis for the spider genus Clitaetra Simon, 1889 (Araneae, Araneoidea, Nephilidae) with the first description of the male of the Sri Lankan species Clitaetra thisbe Simon, 1903. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 159(6): 301–323. Full article: [1].
Kuntner, M. 2006. Phylogenetic systematics of the Gondwanan nephilid spider lineage Clitaetrinae (Araneae, Nephilidae). Zoologica Scripta 35: 19–62. PDF
Kuntner, M.; Agnarsson, I. 2009: Phylogeny accurately predicts behaviour in Indian Ocean Clitaetra spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae). Invertebrate systematics, 23: 193–204.

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [2]

Clitaetra is a genus of spiders in a family Nephilidae.[1] It occurs in Africa, Madagascar and Sri Lanka, hinting to a Gondwanan origin. a split between Clitaetra and related genera may be as old as 160 million years.[2]
Name

The etymology of the genus name is unknown.[2]
Species

As of August 2023, a World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

Clitaetra clathrata Simon, 1907 – West Africa
Clitaetra episinoides Simon, 1889 – Comoro Is.
Clitaetra irenae Kuntner, 2006 – South Africa
Clitaetra perroti Simon, 1894 – Madagascar
Clitaetra simoni Benoit, 1962 – Congo

References

"Gen. Clitaetra Simon, 1889", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2023-08-23
Kuntner, M. 2006. Phylogenetic systematics of a Gondwanan nephilid spider lineage Clitaetrinae (Araneae, Nephilidae). Zoologica Scripta 35(1):19-62. PDF