''Artema'' is a
genus
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of
cellar spiders that was first described by
Charles Athanase Walckenaer
Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852) was a French civil servant, writer, man of letters, and scientist. He was a polymath and wrote extensively on geography, natural history, and literature. Major contributio ...
in 1837.
Species
it contains twelve species, found in Africa, Asia,
Greece
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, and
Turkey
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Artema atlanta
''Artema atlanta'' is a species of spider of the family Pholcidae with a pantropical distribution. It is commonly known as the giant daddy-long-legs spider, in Australia and South Africa. With a body length of 8–11 mm, it is the largest ph ...
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Walckenaer, 1837 (
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) – Northern Africa and Middle East. Introduced elsewhere (mainly tropical and subtropical regions)
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Artema bahla''
Huber, 2019 – Oman
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Artema bunkpurugu''
Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – West Africa
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Artema dhofar''
Huber, 2019 – Oman
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Artema doriae''
( Thorell, 1881) – Turkey, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Afghanistan. Introduced: Japan
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Artema ghubrat
''Artema'' is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.
Species
it contains twelve species, found in Africa, Asia, Greece, and Turkey:
*''Artema atlanta'' Walckenaer, 1837 (type) – Northern A ...
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Huber, 2019 – Oman
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Artema kochi''
Kulczyński, 1901 – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, Egypt?
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Artema magna''
Roewer, 1960 – Afghanistan, Pakistan?
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Artema martensi''
Huber, 2021 – Morocco
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Artema nephilit
''Artema nephilit'' is a species of spider in the family Pholcidae. The species has been documented in Qatar and in other areas of the Middle East, with most sightings of the species coming from the West Bank
The West Bank is located on ...
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Aharon, Huber & Gavish-Regev, 2017 – Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Yemen?, United Arab Emirates?
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Artema transcaspica
''Artema'' is a genus of Pholcidae, cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.
Species
it contains twelve species, found in Africa, Asia, Greece, and Turkey:
*''Artema atlanta'' Walckenaer, 1837 (Type speci ...
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Spassky, 1934 – Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
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Artema ziaretana
''Artema'' is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.
Species
it contains twelve species, found in Africa, Asia, Greece, and Turkey:
*''Artema atlanta'' Walckenaer, 1837 (type) – Northern A ...
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(Roewer, 1960) – Afghanistan
See also
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List of Pholcidae species
This page lists all described genera and species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reprod ...
References
Pholcidae genera
Pholcidae
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
Taxa named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer
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