Arnapa

Genus of spiders

Arnapa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Arnapa
Huber, 2019[1]
Type species
A. arfak
Huber, 2019
Species

6, see text

Arnapa is a genus of cellar spiders native to Indonesia, first described by B. A. Huber and L. S. Carvalho in 2019. It is named after West Papuan musician and cultural leader Arnold Ap.[2]

Species

As of April 2022[update] it contains six species:[1]

  • A. arfak Huber, 2019 (type) – Indonesia (West Papua)
  • A. manokwari Huber, 2019 – Indonesia (West Papua)
  • A. meja Huber, 2019 – Indonesia (West Papua)
  • A. nigromaculata (Kulczyński, 1911) – New Guinea
  • A. tinoor Huber, 2019 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • A. tolire Huber, 2019 – Indonesia (Ternate, North Maluku)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Arnapa Huber, 2019". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  2. ^ Huber, B. A.; Carvalho, L. S. (2019). "Filling the gaps: descriptions of unnamed species included in the latest molecular phylogeny of Pholcidae (Araneae)". Zootaxa. 4546 (1): 1–96. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4546.1.1.

Further reading

  • Chrysanthus, P. (1967). "Spiders from south New Guinea IX". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 110: 89–105.
  • Kulczyński, W. (1911), "Spinnen aus Nord-Neu-Guinea", Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1903 sous les auspices de Arthur Wichmann, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10923
Taxon identifiers
Arnapa


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