''Charminus'' 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
nursery web spiders that was first described by
Tamerlan Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist.
Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Oc ...
in 1899.
Species
it contains nine species and one subspecies, found only in Africa:
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Charminus aethiopicus''
( Caporiacco, 1939) – Ethiopia, Kenya
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Charminus ambiguus''
(Lessert, 1925) – East, Southern Africa
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Charminus a. concolor''
(Caporiacco, 1947) – East Africa
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Charminus atomarius''
(Lawrence, 1942) – Central, East, Southern Africa
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Charminus bifidus''
Blandin, 1978 – Rwanda
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Charminus camerunensis''
Thorell, 1899 (
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) – West, Central Africa
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Charminus marfieldi''
( Roewer, 1955) – West, Central Africa
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Charminus minor''
(Lessert, 1928) – Ivory Coast, Congo
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Charminus natalensis''
(Lawrence, 1947) – South Africa
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Charminus rotundus''
Blandin, 1978 – Congo
See also
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List of Pisauridae species
This article lists all described species of the spider family Pisauridae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Afropisaura''
'' Afropisaura'' Blandin, 1976
* '' A. ducis'' (Strand, 1913) — West, Central, East Africa
* '' A. rothiformis'' ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Pisauridae
Spiders of Africa
Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell
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