Leptothele

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Leptothele
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Euagridae
Genus: Leptothele
Raven & Schwendinger, 1995[1]
Species:
Leptothele
Binomial name
Leptothele
Raven & Schwendinger, 1995[1]

Leptothele is a genus of Southeast Asian spiders in the family Euagridae first described by Robert Raven & Peter J. Schwendinger in 1995,[2] and is native to the Malay Peninsula.[1] It contains the two species, Leptothele bencha and L. chang.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bern, Natural History Museum. "Gen. Leptothele Raven & Schwendinger, 1995". World Spider Catalog Version 21.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  2. ^ Raven, R. J.; Schwendinger, P. J. (1995). "Three new mygalomorph spider genera from Thailand and China (Araneae)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 38 (2): 623–641.
  3. ^ Schwendinger, Peter J.; Lehmann-Graber, Christina; Hongpadharakiree, Komson; Syuhadah, Nurul (2020). "New euagrid spider species from Thailand and Malaysia, and new localities of Leptothele bencha (Arachnida: Araneae)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 127 (2). doi:10.35929/RSZ.0031. S2CID 225958471.