Artema

Artema
Artema atlanta
A. doriae from Iran
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Artema
Walckenaer, 1837
Type species
A. atlanta
Walckenaer, 1837
Species

12, see text

blue: reported countries (WSC)
Synonyms
  • Coroia González-Sponga, 2005
  • Pholciella Roewer, 1960

Artema is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.

Its species are found from West Africa to Pakistan. A. atlanta has been introduced worldwide.

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes twelve species:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Artema Walckenaer, 1837". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  2. ↑ Huber, B. A.; Colmenares, P. A.; Ramírez, M. J. (2014). "Fourteen new generic and ten new specific synonymies in Pholcidae (Araneae), and transfer of Mystes Bristowe to Filistatidae". Zootaxa. 3847 (3): 416. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.5. hdl:11336/19098. PMID 25112347.
  3. ↑ Huber, B. A. (2009). "Four new generic and 14 new specific synonymies in Pholcidae, and transfer of Pholcoides Roewer to Filistatidae (Araneae)". Zootaxa. 1970: 67. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1970.1.3.
  4. ↑ Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris 1, . pp. 1–682.