Alaranea

Alaranea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cyatholipidae
Genus: Alaranea
Griswold, 1997
Type species
A. merina
Griswold, 1997
Species

4, see text

Alaranea is a genus of East African araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1997.

Species

As of April 2019 it contains four species, all found in Madagascar:

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Alaranea Griswold, 1997". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  2. ↑ Griswold, C. E. (1997). "The spider family Cyatholipidae in Madagascar (Araneae, Araneoidea)". Journal of Arachnology. 25: 53–83.