''Prothemenops'' is a
genus
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of
Southeast Asia
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n
armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by
Peter J. Schwendinger in 1991.
Species
it contains four species from
Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
,
and at least a dozen more suspected species found in
Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
,
Laos
Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...
, and
Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
:
*''
Prothemenops irineae''
Schwendinger & Hongpadharakiree, 2014 – Thailand
*''
Prothemenops khirikhan''
Schwendinger & Hongpadharakiree, 2014 – Thailand
*''
Prothemenops phanthurat''
Schwendinger & Hongpadharakiree, 2014 – Thailand
*''
Prothemenops siamensis''
Schwendinger, 1991 (
type
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* ...
) – Thailand
See also
*
List of Idiopidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Idiopidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Arbanitis''
'' Arbanitis'' L. Koch, 1874
* '' A. andrewsi'' (Hogg, 1902) — Australia (South Australia)
* '' A. baehrae'' (Wishart ...
References
Arthropods of Thailand
Idiopidae
Mygalomorphae genera
Spiders of Asia
Taxa named by Peter J. Schwendinger
Taxa described in 1991
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