''Anansi'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
n
pirate spiders
Pirate spiders, members of the family (biology), family Mimetidae, are Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders which typically feed on other spiders.
The family (biology), family Mimetidae contains roughly 200 species divided among 12 genus, genera, ...
first described by L. R. Benavides, G. Giribet &
Gustavo Hormiga in 2017.
It is named after
Anansi
Anansi or Ananse ( ; literally translates to ''spider'') is a character in Akan religion and folklore associated with stories, wisdom, knowledge, and trickery, most commonly depicted as a spider. Anansi is a character who reflects the culture ...
, a trickster god of
Akan Akan may refer to:
People and languages
*Akan people, an ethnic group in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire
*Akan languages, a language group within the wider Central Tano languages
*Kwa languages, a language group which includes Akan
*Central Tano language ...
folklore. it contains only three species.
References
Araneomorphae genera
Mimetidae
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